Open AccessStent placement for benign pancreatic diseases: correlation between ERCP findings and clinical response.
Author(s) -
David J. Gulliver,
Simon Edmunds,
Mark E. Baker,
Stephanie M. Paine,
John Baillie,
Cotton Pb,
R P Rice
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.159.4.1529836
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , correlation , radiology , general surgery , mathematics , geometry
We performed a study to determine if the appearance of the pancreatic duct on ERCP before and after placement of pancreatic duct stents correlates with the therapeutic response in patients treated for impaired pancreatic drainage.