Covered Self-Expandable Metal Stents With an Anti-Migration System Improve Patency Duration Without Increased Complications Compared With Uncovered Stents for Distal Biliary Obstruction Caused by Pancreatic Carcinoma: A Randomized Multicenter Trial

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Authors

Masayuki Kitano · Kindai University

Yukitaka Yamashita · Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center

Kiyohito Tanaka · Kyoto first Red Cross hospital

Hideyuki Konishi · Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Shujiro Yazumi · Kitano Hospital

Yoshitaka Nakai · Kyoto Katsura Hospital

Osamu Nishiyama

Abstract

By preventing tumor ingrowth and migration, covered SEMSs with an anti-migration system had a longer duration of patency than uncovered SEMSs, which recommends their use in the palliative treatment of patients with biliary obstruction due to pancreatic carcinomas.

Topics & Keywords

Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volume 108, Issue 11, pp. 1713-1722

DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2013.305

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