Management of occluded uncovered metallic stents in patients with malignant distal biliary obstructions using covered metallic stents

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 546-549

  Togawa, Osamu ^a   Kawabe, Takao ^a   Isayama, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakai, Yousuke ^a   Sasaki, Takashi ^a   Arizumi, Toshihiko ^a   Matsubara, Saburou ^a   Ito, Yukiko ^b   Yamamoto, Natsuyo ^a   Sasahira, Naoki ^a   Hirano, Kenji ^a   Tsujino, Takeshi ^a   Toda, Nobuo ^a   Tada, Minoru ^a   Yoshida, Haruhiko ^a   Omata, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Covered; Self expandable metallic stent; Stent occlusion; Uncovered

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METAL STENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DUODENAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449134992     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31803d0f80     Document Type: Article

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