How to treat intestinal obstruction due to malignant recurrence after Whipple’s resection for pancreatic head cancer: Description of 2 new endoscopic techniques

The prognosis of pancreatic cancer remains poor, even after initial surgical therapy. Local recurrence after Whipple’s pancreatico-duodenectomy may lead to intestinal obstruction at the level of the afferent limb or the alimentary limb. Endoscopic insertion of a self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) in...

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Autores principales: Mouradides, Christina, Taha, Alaa, Borbath, Ivan, Deprez, Pierre H, Moreels, Tom G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28970734
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i33.6181

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