Development of gastroduodenal self-expandable metallic stents: 30 years of trial and error
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Malignant pyloro-duodenal obstruction: role of self expandable metallic stents.
OBJECTIVE To determine the outcome of duodenal stenting in palliation of patients with malignant pyloric and duodenal obstruction. METHODS The non-randomised prospective descriptive study was conducted at the Endoscopy Suite, Surgical Unit-IV, Civil Hospital, Karachi, from December 2007 to November 2010. All patients presenting with inoperable ampullary, pancreatic or biliary cancers causing ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastrointestinal Intervention
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2213-1795,2213-1809
DOI: 10.18528/gii150032