Treatment of malignant gastric outlet obstruction with stents: An evaluation of the reported variables for clinical outcome

Treatment of malignant gastric outlet obstruction with stents: An evaluation of the reported variables for clinical outcome

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is commonly seen in patients with advanced gastric-, pancreatic-, duodenal, hepatobiliary or metastatic malignancies. Ten to 25% of patients with pancreatic cancer will develop duodenal obst...

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Main Authors: Medhus Asle W, Larssen Lene, Hauge Truls
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/9/45

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