Endoscopic Sphincterotomy before Fully Covered Metal Stent Placement Is Not Required for Distal Malignant Biliary Stricture due to a Pancreatic Head Tumor

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) is often performed before fully covered self-expandable metal stent (FCSEMS) placement in order to prevent pancreatitis. However, it is not clear whether EST prevents pancreatitis or affects other adverse events (AEs). This study is conducted to evalu...

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Autores principales: Nakahara, Kazunari, Michikawa, Yosuke, Morita, Ryo, Suetani, Keigo, Morita, Nozomi, Sato, Junya, Tsuji, Kensuke, Ikeda, Hiroki, Matsunaga, Kotaro, Watanabe, Tsunamasa, Matsumoto, Nobuyuki, Kobayashi, Shinjiro, Otsubo, Takehito, Itoh, Fumio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6350600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30774655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9675347

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