Efficacy and safety of prophylactic pancreatic duct stent (Pit-stent) placement in patients at high risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 130-133

  Ito, Kei ^a   Fujita, Naotaka ^a   Noda, Yutaka ^a   Kobayashi, Go ^a   Horaguchi, Jun ^a   Takasawa, Osamu ^a   Obana, Takashi ^a  

^a SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Endoscopic papillectomy; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP); Pancreatic duct stent; Post ERCP pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATIC DUCT STENTING; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STENT;

EID: 34250628324     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2007.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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