Metallic biliary stenting versus surgery for palliation of inoperable distal malignant obstructive jaundice
Background Pancreatic and biliary malignancies are rarely operable. The role of intervention is to palliate jaundice. Biliary drainage can be done by surgical bypass or biliary stenting either percutaneously or by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Plastic and expandable metal stents (E...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.azmj.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1687-1693;year=2020;volume=18;issue=3;spage=261;epage=265;aulast=El-Shafey |