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Comparison of the efficacy and safety between palliative biliary stent placement and duct clearance among elderly patients with choledocholithiasis: a propensity score-matched analysis

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the outcomes of palliative endoscopic biliary stenting (EBS) and complete stone removal among elderly patients with choledocholithiasis using propensity score matching. METHODS: From April 2012 to October 2017, 161 patients aged 75 years and older...

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Autores principales: Kitagawa, Koh, Mitoro, Akira, Ozutsumi, Takahiro, Furukawa, Masanori, Fujinaga, Yukihisa, Nishimura, Norihisa, Sawada, Yasuhiko, Namisaki, Tadashi, Akahane, Takemi, Yoshiji, Hitoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8504035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34629075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01956-6