Self-expandable metal stent placement for the palliation of malignant gastroduodenal obstruction: experience in a large, single, UK centre.

Self-expandable metal stent placement for the palliation of malignant gastroduodenal obstruction: experience in a large, single, UK centre.

To assess the technical success rate, and evaluate the clinical outcome, length of hospital stay, and cost of palliative gastro-duodenal stenting in a single-centre. Materials and methods Eight-seven patients referred for insertion of a gastroduodenal stent between April 1999 and April 2004 were...

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Main Authors: Lowe, A.S., Beckett, C.G., Jowett, S., May, J., Stephenson, S., Scally, Andy J., Tam, E., Kay, C.L.
Language:en
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Self-expandable metal stent
Palliative gastro-duodenal stenting
Success rate
Clinical outcome
Gastroduodenal stent
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6390

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