Open AccessPredictors of the patency of self-expandable metallic stents in malignant gastroduodenal obstruction
Author(s) -
Seung Han Kim,
Hoon Jai Chun,
In Kyung Yoo,
Jae Min Lee,
SeungJoo Nam,
Hyuk Soon Choi,
Eun Sun Kim,
Bora Keum,
Yeon Seok Seo,
Yoon Tae Jeen,
Hong Sik Lee,
Soon Ho Um,
Chang Duck Kim
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i30.9134
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , radiology , carcinoembryonic antigen , self expandable metallic stent , hazard ratio , multivariate analysis , proportional hazards model , surgery , gastric outlet obstruction , cancer , confidence interval
To investigate the predictive factors of self-expandable metallic stent patency after stent placement in patients with inoperable malignant gastroduodenal obstruction.