A new technique for endoscopic removal of uncovered biliary self-expandable metal stents: Stent-in-stent technique with a fully covered biliary stent

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 923-925

  Tan, Damien M ^a,c   Lillemoe, Keith D ^b   Fogel, Evan L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; BARE METAL STENT; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXPANDABLE METAL STENT; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE GROWTH;

EID: 84858867089     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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