No Advantage of Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene and Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene –Covered Stents over Uncovered Nitinol Stents for Percutaneous Palliation of Malignant Infrahilar Biliary Obstruction: Results of a Single-Center Prospective Randomized Trial
To prove that covered stents are more efficacious than uncovered stents regarding patency, safety, enabling of chemotherapy, and survival in percutaneous palliation of malignant infrahilar biliary obstruction.
Source: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology : JVIR - Category: Radiology Authors: Elisabeth Dhondt, Peter Vanlangenhove, Marc De Man, Lynn Huyck, Luc Defreyne Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research