Endoscopically applied radiofrequency ablation appears to be safe in the treatment of malignant biliary obstruction

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-153

  Steel, Alan W ^a,b   Postgate, Aymer J ^a   Khorsandi, Shirin ^a   Nicholls, Joanna ^a,b,c   Jiao, Long ^a   Vlavianos, Pangiotis ^a   Habib, Nagy ^c   Westaby, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c EMcision Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RIGOR; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650562616     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.09.031     Document Type: Article

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