Efficacy and safety of fully covered self-expandable metallic stents in biliary complications after liver transplantation: A preliminary study

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1493-1498

  Traina, Mario ^a   Tarantino, Ilaria ^a   Barresi, Luca ^a   Volpes, Riccardo ^a   Gruttadauria, Salvatore ^a   Petridis, Ioannis ^a   Gridelli, Bruno ^a  

^a MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SELF EXPANDABLE METALLIC STENT; SPHINCTEROTOMY; STENT; STENT MIGRATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BILE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; STENTS;

EID: 72949113186     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21886     Document Type: Article

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