Plastic Versus Self-Expanding Metallic Stents for the Management of Malignant Hilar Biliary Strictures
Palliation of jaundice as primary or adjunctive therapy has become the standard approach to patients with unresectable malignant obstruction of the biliary hilum. However, use of plastic or self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) as preferred management remains controversial. Information on rates of c...
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| Main Author: | Azar, Riad R. (author) |
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| Other Authors: | Jin, David X. (author), Wani, Sachin B. (author), Sayuk, Gregory S. (author), Hovis, Christine E. (author), Mullady, Daniel (author), Murad, Faris (author), Early, Dayna S. (author) |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2011.03.772 http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php http://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(11)00992-8/abstract |
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