Usefulness of half‐covered metallic stent placement in preventing acute cholecystitis complication in pancreatic cancer‐induced distal biliary stricture

BACKGROUND AND AIM: A self‐expandable metallic stent (SEMS) is commonly used for biliary stricture caused by pancreatic cancer. Covered SEMS may obstruct the cystic duct, causing acute cholecystitis. This study aimed to determine the outcomes of using a half‐covered SEMS with an offset covered porti...

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Autores principales: Takaoka, Makoto, Shimatani, Masaaki, Ikeura, Tsukasa, Mitsuyama, Toshiyuki, Miyamoto, Sachi, Masuda, Masataka, Ito, Takashi, Nakamaru, Koh, Miyoshi, Hideaki, Okazaki, Kazuichi, Naganuma, Makoto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7731833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33319049
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12409

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