Recent Advances of Biliary Stent Management
Korean Journal of Radiology
;
: S62-S66, 2012.
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
Recent progress in chemotherapy has prolonged the survival of patients with malignant biliary strictures, leading to increased rates of stent occlusion. Even we employed metallic stents which contributed to higher rates and longer durations of patency, and occlusion of covered metallic stents now occurs in about half of all patients during their survival. We investigated the complication and patency rate for the removal of covered metallic stents, and found that the durations were similar for initial stent placement and re-intervention. In order to preserve patient quality of life, we currently recommend the use of covered metallic stents for patients with malignant biliary obstruction because of their removability and longest patency duration, even though uncovered metallic stents have similar patency durations.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
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Biliary Tract Diseases
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Stents
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Drainage
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Foreign-Body Migration
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Coated Materials, Biocompatible
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Device Removal
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Endoscopy
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Metals
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Radiology
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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