Partially covered metal stents have longer patency than uncovered and fully covered metal stents in the management of distal malignant biliary obstruction: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Self-expandable metal stents (SEMSs) are widely used for malignant biliary obstructions. Nitinol-covered SEMSs have been developed to improve stent patency. Currently, SEMSs may be uncovered, partially covered, or fully covered; however, there is no consensus on the best stent type for t...

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Autores principales: Yokota, Yudai, Fukasawa, Mitsuharu, Takano, Shinichi, Kadokura, Makoto, Shindo, Hiroko, Takahashi, Ei, Hirose, Sumio, Kawakami, Satoshi, Fukasawa, Yoshimitsu, Sato, Tadashi, Enomoto, Nobuyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5637084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29020933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-017-0662-1

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