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Do lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) improve treatment outcomes of walled-off pancreatic necrosis over plastic stents using dual-modality drainage?

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS : Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of symptomatic walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WON) usually has been performed with double pigtail plastic stents (DPS) and more recently, with lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS). However, LAMS are significantly more expensive and the...

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Autores principales: Sahar, Nadav, Kozarek, Richard, Kanji, Zaheer S., Ross, Andrew S., Gluck, Michael, Gan, S. Ian, Larsen, Michael, Irani, Shayan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: © Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5658217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29090245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-111794