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Safety and efficacy of self-expanding metal stents for biliary drainage in patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:  Durable biliary drainage is essential during neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) in patients with pancreatic cancer who present with biliary obstruction. Plastic stents (PS) tend to occlude readily, resulting in delay/interruption of treatment. Our aim was to evaluate the safety an...

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Autores principales: Ballard, Darren D., Rahman, Syed, Ginnebaugh, Brian, Khan, Abdul, Dua, Kulwinder S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: © Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5979217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29868636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-0599-6190