[HTML][HTML] Partially covered metal stents may not prolong stent patency compared to uncovered stents in unresectable malignant distal biliary obstruction

JY Kim, GB Ko, TH Lee, SH Park, YN Lee, YS Cho… - Gut and …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods A total of 134 patients who received a PC-SEMS or uncovered SEMS for palliation
of unresectable malignant distal biliary obstruction were reviewed retrospectively. The main …

Comparison of the utility of covered metal stents versus uncovered metal stents in the management of malignant biliary strictures in 749 patients

JH Lee, SG Krishna, A Singh, HS Ladha… - Gastrointestinal …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Self-expandable metal stents (SEMSs) are used to relieve malignant biliary
obstruction. Objective To compare outcomes between covered self-expandable metal stents …

Partially covered metal stents have longer patency than uncovered and fully covered metal stents in the management of distal malignant biliary obstruction: a …

Y Yokota, M Fukasawa, S Takano, M Kadokura… - BMC …, 2017 - Springer
Background Self-expandable metal stents (SEMSs) are widely used for malignant biliary
obstructions. Nitinol-covered SEMSs have been developed to improve stent patency …

Comparison of outcomes among secondary covered metallic, uncovered metallic, and plastic biliary stents in treating occluded primary metallic stents in malignant …

JH Cho, TJ Jeon, JY Park, HM Kim, YJ Kim, SW Park… - Surgical …, 2011 - Springer
Background The self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) has been widely used for
unresectable malignant biliary obstruction but eventually becomes occluded by tumor …

Meta-analysis of randomized trials comparing the patency of covered and uncovered self-expandable metal stents for palliation of distal malignant bile duct …

A Saleem, CL Leggett, MH Murad, TH Baron - Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Self-expandable metal stents (SEMSs) are used for palliation of malignant
biliary obstruction. OBJECTIVE: We performed a meta-analysis to compare stent patency …

Uncovered versus covered metallic stents for the management of unresectable malignant distal biliary obstruction: a randomized multicenter trial

Y Sakai, H Sugiyama, Y Kawaguchi… - Scandinavian Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The treatment result of the uncovered metallic stent (uncovered MS) and covered
metallic stent (covered MS) for unresectable malignant distal biliary obstruction is …

Uncovered versus covered self-expanding metallic stents for inoperable malignant distal biliary obstruction: a prospective randomized multicenter study

YD Cho, YK Cheon, KS Yoo, SJ Bang… - Gastrointestinal …, 2009 - giejournal.org
Background: Endoscopic biliary drainage is widely accepted as palliative treatment in
patients with malignant inoperable biliary obstruction. However, there are few prospective …

Management of occluded uncovered metallic stents in patients with malignant distal biliary obstructions using covered metallic stents

O Togawa, T Kawabe, H Isayama, Y Nakai… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Background Self-expandable metallic stents (EMSs) have been widely used for the palliative
treatment of unresectable malignant biliary obstructions, but EMSs are often occluded owing …

No benefit of covered vs uncovered self-expandable metal stents in patients with malignant distal biliary obstruction: a meta-analysis

MA Almadi, AN Barkun, M Martel - Clinical Gastroenterology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) are used in patients with
malignant distal biliary obstruction; trials that compared covered and uncovered SEMS …

A randomized trial comparing uncovered and partially covered self-expandable metal stents in the palliation of distal malignant biliary obstruction

JJ Telford, DL Carr-Locke, TH Baron… - Gastrointestinal …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The most common complication of uncovered biliary self-expandable metal
stents (SEMSs) is tumor ingrowth. The addition of an impenetrable covering may prolong …