Endoscopic bilateral metal stent placement for advanced hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a pilot study of a newly designed Y stent

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 364-369

  Lee, Jung Hyun ^a   Kang, Dae Hwan ^a   Kim, Ji Young ^a   Lee, Sun Mi ^a   Kim, Do Hoon ^a   Park, Chan Won ^a   Cho, Hwal Suk ^a   Kim, Gwang Ha ^a   Kim, Tae Oh ^a   Heo, Jeong ^a   Song, Geun Am ^a   Cho, Mong ^a   Kim, Suk ^a   Kim, Chang Won ^a   Lee, Jun Woo ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ALLOYS; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLESTASIS; DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEPATIC DUCT, COMMON; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS;

EID: 34447528954     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.12.061     Document Type: Article

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