Do the benefits of metal stents justify the costs? A systematic review and meta-analysis of trials comparing endoscopic stents for malignant biliary obstruction

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1119-1124

  Moss, Alan C ^a   Morris, Eva ^b   Leyden, Jan ^a   MacMathuna, Padraic ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biliary; Endoscopy; Malignancy; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENDOSCOPIC METAL STENT; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; METALS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PLASTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36248992986     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f16206     Document Type: Article

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