Self-Expanding Metallic Stents in Malignant Biliary Obstruction-Patency and Clinical Efficacy: A Prospective Study from North India Tertiary Center

Self-Expanding Metallic Stents in Malignant Biliary Obstruction-Patency and Clinical Efficacy: A Prospective Study from North India Tertiary Center

Background and Aims: Endoscopic insertion of self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) is now accepted as first line modality of treatment for palliation in unresectable extra-hepatic biliary obstructive jaundice. This study was done to assess the clinical efficacy and duration of patency of endoscopica...

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Main Authors: Ankit Gupta, Gaurav Kumar Gupta, Atul Gawande, Manoj Kumar, Vijyant Tak, Rupesh Kumar Pokharna, Shyam Sundar Sharma, Sandeep Nijhawan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
Subjects:
malignant biliary obstruction
palliation
self-expanding metallic stent
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jde.JDE_52_18

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http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jde.JDE_52_18

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