Lack of Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) Use and Early Plastic Biliary Stent Occlusion

Lack of Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) Use and Early Plastic Biliary Stent Occlusion

There are data suggesting that long-term use of PPIs may lead to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Plastic biliary stents are used to maintain patency of the biliary tract in a variety of benign and malignant disorders and are changed prophylactically every 3 months to avoid symptomatic stent o...

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Main Author: Azar, Riad R. (author)
Other Authors: Hovis, Christine E. (author), Sayuk, Gregory S. (author), Wani, Sachin B. (author), Merrill, Joseph T. (author), Murad, Faris (author)
Format: article
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2011.03.764
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(11)00984-9/abstract
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http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2011.03.764
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(11)00984-9/abstract

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