Placement of a Newly Designed Y-Configured Bilateral Self-Expanding Metallic Stent for Hilar Biliary Obstruction: A Pilot Study

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• 作者：Dechao Jiao ; Kai Huang ; Ming Zhu ; Gang Wu…
• 关键词：Hilar biliary obstruction ; Stent ; Klatskin tumor ; Fluoroscopy
• 刊名：Digestive Diseases and Sciences
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：62
• 期：1
• 页码：253-263
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Oncology; Transplant Surgery; Biochemistry, general;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-2568
• 卷排序：62

文摘

BackgroundWhether unilateral or bilateral drainage should be performed for malignant hilar biliary obstruction remains a matter of debate. Although a Y-stent with a central wide-open mesh facilitates bilateral stent placement, it has its own limitations.