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A Comparison Between Plastic and Metallic Biliary Stent Placement in Patients Receiving Preoperative...

A Comparison Between Plastic and Metallic Biliary Stent Placement in Patients Receiving Preoperative...

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A Comparison Between Plastic and Metallic Biliary Stent Placement in Patients Receiving Preoperative Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

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Full title

A Comparison Between Plastic and Metallic Biliary Stent Placement in Patients Receiving Preoperative Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

Publisher

Cham: Springer International Publishing

Journal title

World journal of surgery, 2019-02, Vol.43 (2), p.642-648

Language

English

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Cham: Springer International Publishing

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Contents

Background
The optimal stent type in patients receiving preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACRT) is uncertain. The present study aimed to compare the clinical effectiveness of biliary metallic stent (MS) and plastic stent (PS) in patients undergoing preoperative NACRT for resectable pancreatic cancer.
Methods
This retrospective s...

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A Comparison Between Plastic and Metallic Biliary Stent Placement in Patients Receiving Preoperative Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2117389445

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2117389445

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ISSN

0364-2313

E-ISSN

1432-2323

DOI

10.1007/s00268-018-4820-6

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