A prospective randomised study of &quot;covered&quot; versus &quot;uncovered&quot; diamond stents for the management of distal malignant biliary obstruction.

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Abstract

Covered self-expandable metal stents (EMS) were recently developed to overcome tumour ingrowth in conventional EMS. However, supporting evidence for the efficacy of covered EMS is lacking.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Gut

Title: Gut

Publisher: BMJ

ISSN: 0017-5749

ISSN (Print): 0017-5749

Publication date (Electronic): May 2004

Volume: 53

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Department of Gastroenterology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. isayama-2im@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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DOI: 10.1136/gut.2003.018945

PMC ID: 1774024

PubMed ID: 15082593

SO-VID: f7dd96ff-aded-4ebe-a930-dc254deb8dc8

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