Tannenbaum and metal stents in the palliative treatment of malignant distal bile duct obstruction: A comparative study of patency and cost effectiveness

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1587-1593

  Katsinelos, P ^a   Paikos, D ^b   Kountouras, J ^c   Chatzimavroudis, G ^a   Paroutoglou, G ^a   Moschos, I ^b   Gatopoulou, A ^b   Beltsis, A ^a   Zavos, C ^c   Papaziogas, B ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b THEAGENIO CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Endoscopic drainage; ERCP; Malignant distal bile duct obstruction; Metal stent; Patency; Stent clogging; Tannenbaum stent

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; POLITEF; STAINLESS STEEL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33749012297     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0778-1     Document Type: Article

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