Metallic stents are more efficacious than plastic stents in unresectable malignant hilar biliary strictures: a randomized controlled trial.

T, Mukai; I, Yasuda; M, Nakashima; S, Doi; T, Iwashita; K, Iwata; T, Kato; E, Tomita; H, Moriwaki

doi:10.1007/s00534-012-0508-8

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Metallic stents are more efficacious than plastic stents in unresectable malignant hilar biliary strictures: a randomized controlled trial.

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Mukai T

Yasuda I

Nakashima M

Abstract

Background Endoscopic biliary stenting is a well-established palliative treatment for unresectable malignant biliary strictures, for which plastic tube stents (PSs) and self-expandable metallic stents (SEMSs) are most commonly used. The efficacy of these stents has been extensively described in dist...

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