Open AccessPredictors for occlusion of the first inserted metallic stent in patients with malignant biliary obstruction
Author(s) -
Wandong Hong,
Yunfei Zhu,
Yanyan Dong,
Yanqing Wu,
Mengtao Zhou,
Hong-Bo Ni
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.164204
Subject(s) - medicine , occlusion , stent , biliary stent , radiology
Endoscopic biliary stent drainage plays an important role in the palliative treatment of malignant biliary obstruction. The aim of this study was to investigate predictors of occlusion of first metal inserted stent in patients with malignant biliary obstruction.