TY - JOUR
T1 - Removable biliary endoprosthesis
AU - Palmaz, J. C.
AU - Burbige, E. J.
PY - 1983/1/1
Y1 - 1983/1/1
N2 - Besides eliminating the complications of internal or external percutaneous biliary drainage, the potential psychological benefit of internal biliary endoprosthesis in patients with malignant biliary obstruction has been widely recognized. Unfortunately, however, tubes draining bile tend to become occluded over a period of time. If the tube is an endoprosthesis, the obstruction is usually irreversible. Therefore, this technical note describes an improved type of biliary prosthesis, which has a large lumen and is removable by fiberoptic endoscopy if obstruction occurs.
AB - Besides eliminating the complications of internal or external percutaneous biliary drainage, the potential psychological benefit of internal biliary endoprosthesis in patients with malignant biliary obstruction has been widely recognized. Unfortunately, however, tubes draining bile tend to become occluded over a period of time. If the tube is an endoprosthesis, the obstruction is usually irreversible. Therefore, this technical note describes an improved type of biliary prosthesis, which has a large lumen and is removable by fiberoptic endoscopy if obstruction occurs.
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U2 - 10.2214/ajr.140.4.812
DO - 10.2214/ajr.140.4.812
M3 - Article
C2 - 6601395
AN - SCOPUS:0020681061
VL - 140
SP - 812
EP - 814
JO - The American journal of roentgenology and radium therapy
JF - The American journal of roentgenology and radium therapy
SN - 0361-803X
IS - 4
ER -