Contrast-free air cholangiography-assisted unilateral plastic stenting in malignant hilar biliary obstruction

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-92

  Singh, Virendra ^a   Singh, Gurpreet ^a   Gupta, Vikas ^a   Gupta, Rajesh ^a   Kapoor, Rakesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Air cholangiogram; Hilar obstruction; Malignant; Metal stent; Plastic stent; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; MALIGNANT HILAR BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MORTALITY; PANCREATITIS; STENT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77149176891     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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