Self‐expandable metal stents have longer patency and less cholangitis than inside stents in malignant perihilar biliary obstruction

Self‐expandable metal stents have longer patency and less cholangitis than inside stents in malignant perihilar biliary obstruction

Abstract Background and Aim Outcomes of an inside stent (IS, a plastic stent placed above the sphincter of Oddi) versusa self‐expandable metal stent (SEMS) for the drainage of malignant perihilar biliary obstruction has not been fully studied. The drainage strategy for perihilar biliary obstruction...

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Main Authors: Akinobu Koiwai, Morihisa Hirota, Tomofumi Katayama, Ryo Kin, Keita Kawamura, Katsuya Endo, Takayuki Kogure, Atsuko Takasu, Takayoshi Meguro, Kennichi Satoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-05-01
Series:JGH Open
Subjects:
cholangiocarcinoma
cholangitis
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
inside stent
metal stent
stent
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12742

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https://doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12742

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