Managing malignant biliary obstruction in pancreas cancer: Choosing the appropriate strategy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 9345-9353

  Boulay, Brian R ^a   Parepally, Mayur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary tract diseases; Cholestasis; Extrahepatic; Pancreatic neoplasms; Stents

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; METAL; PLASTIC;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CHOLESTASIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVICE COMPARISON; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED BILIARY DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT BILIARY OBSTRUCTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PANCREAS CANCER; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERCUTANEOUS STENT PLACEMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC BILIARY DRAINAGE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PLASTIC STENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF EXPANDABLE METALLIC STENT; SURGICAL BILIARY DRAINAGE; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS; STENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DRAINAGE; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; METALS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PLASTICS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908884116     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i28.9345     Document Type: Article

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