Preoperative biliary stents in pancreatic cancer - Proceed with caution

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-172

  Baron, Todd H ^a   Kozarek, Richard A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Virginia Mason Medical Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STENT; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STENT;

EID: 74249119474     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0908773     Document Type: Editorial

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