The usefulness of percutaneous bile duct metal stent insertion for malignant biliary obstruction: a retrospective study
The stent can be safely inserted in a one-stage procedure without compromising the patient's quality of life. Therefore, one-stage insertion of EMS for malignant biliary stricture may be performed aggressively unless the patient has severe cholangitis.
Authors
- Masaya Mukai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4931-0910)
- Hisamichi Yoshii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7849-4982)
- Hideki Izumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0080-7106)
- Shigeya Takeo
- Junichi Kaneko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1284-5639)
- Hiroyasu Makuuchi
- Rika Fujino
Institutions
- Tokai University Hachioji Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2025-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-025-03767-5
- Primary Topic
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00