A prospective randomised study of "covered" versus "uncovered" diamond stents for the management of distal malignant biliary obstruction.

H, Isayama; Y, Komatsu; T, Tsujino; N, Sasahira; K, Hirano; N, Toda; Y, Nakai; N, Yamamoto; M, Tada; H, Yoshida; Y, Shiratori; T, Kawabe; M, Omata

doi:10.1136/gut.2003.018945

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A prospective randomised study of "covered" versus "uncovered" diamond stents for the management of distal malignant biliary obstruction.

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Isayama H

Komatsu Y

Tsujino T

Abstract

Background and aim Covered self-expandable metal stents (EMS) were recently developed to overcome tumour ingrowth in conventional EMS. However, supporting evidence for the efficacy of covered EMS is lacking.Patients and methods We enrolled 112 patients with unresectable distal biliary malignancies. ...

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