Comparative Study between Plastic and Metallic Stents for Biliary Decompression in Patients with Distal Biliary Obstruction

Comparative Study between Plastic and Metallic Stents for Biliary Decompression in Patients with Distal Biliary Obstruction

This paper presents a retrospective comparison of plastic versus metallic stents in the drainage of malignant distal biliary obstructions. We compared single plastic stents (SPS), multiple plastic stents (MPS), and metallic stents (SEMS) regarding clinical decrease of TB < 2.0 mg/dL, long-term patency, and adverse event. 58 patients (38 women) with MDBO were included. Diagnoses were 44 pancreat...

[Cost-effectiveness trial of self-expandable metal stents and plastic biliary stents in malignant biliary obstruction].

INTRODUCTION Self-expandable metal and plastic stents can be applied in the palliative endoscopic treatment of patients with unresectable malignant biliary obstruction. The use of metal stentsis recommended if the patient's life expectancy is more than four months. AIM To compare the therapeutic efficacy and cost-effectiveness of metal and plastic stents in the treatment of malignant biliary ...

[Comparison between covered and uncovered self-expandable metal stents in patients with malignant distal biliary obstruction].

Have Expandable Metallic Stents Replaced Operation for Malignant Biliary Obstruction?

Percutaneous placement of biliary metallic stents in patients with malignant hilar obstruction: unilobar versus bilobar drainage.

PURPOSE To evaluate the necessity of draining more than one hepatic duct in malignant hilar obstructions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two hundred seventeen self-expandable uncovered metallic stents (144 biliary Wallstents and 73 Memotherm nitinol stents) were placed percutaneously in 138 patients with unresectable malignant hilar obstructions. The patients included 76 men and 62 women, with a media...