Percutaneous Biliary External–Internal Drainage for Malignant Obstruction of Self-Expanding Uncovered Metal Stents Placed for Hilar Carcinoma: Retrospective Analysis of Long-Term Outcome in 160 Patients

Percutaneous Biliary External–Internal Drainage for Malignant Obstruction of Self-Expanding Uncovered Metal Stents Placed for Hilar Carcinoma: Retrospective Analysis of Long-Term Outcome in 160 Patients

Aims and Objectives We evaluated the safety and effectiveness of reestablishing adequate bile flow in patients with malignant obstruction of multilobar self-expanding uncovered metal stents (SEUMSs) inserted for palliative treatment of malignant hilar stenosis, an otherwise fatal setting. From Septe...

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Main Authors: Didier H. Bonnel, Alice Gangloff, Abe Fingerhut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2020-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR
Subjects:
percutaneous biliary stent
bile duct malignancy
hilar carcinoma
biliary stent obstruction
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-3401902

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