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Comparison of noncovered and covered metal stents for the endoscopic palliation of distal malignant biliary obstruction
DOI 10.1055/s-2008-1079688
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Autor:innenJ Pozsár, P Sahin, L Topa
ZeitschriftZeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
Ausgabe05/2008
Jahrgang / SeitenNicht angegeben
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Background: Endoscopic placement of self-expandable metallic stents (SEMS) is considered as a standard therapeutic option to relieve symptomatic cholestasis in patients (pts) with unresectable pancreato-biliary malignancies. The main late complication of noncovered SEMS (NCSEMS) is tumor ingrowth through the bare metal mesh leading to stent occlusion. Using covered SEMS (CSEMS) theoretically may reduce this complica…
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J Pozsár, P Sahin, L Topa (2008) Comparison of noncovered and covered metal stents for the endoscopic palliation of distal malignant biliary obstruction. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie (05). https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1079688
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