A comparison of uncovered metal stents for the palliation of patients with malignant biliary obstruction: Nitinol vs. stainless steel

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-133

  Luigiano, Carmelo ^a   Ferrara, Francesco ^a   Cennamo, Vincenzo ^b   Fabbri, Carlo ^a   Bassi, Marco ^a   Ghersi, Stefania ^a   Consolo, Pierluigi ^c   Morace, Carmela ^c   Polifemo, Anna Maria ^a   Billi, Paola ^a   Ceroni, Liza ^b   Alibrandi, Angela ^c   D'Imperio, Nicola ^a  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biliary stenting; Complications; Malignant biliary obstruction; Palliation; WallFlex ; Wallstent

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NITINOL; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHOLANGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOYS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINLESS STEEL; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855748597     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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