Side-by-side placement of fully covered metal stents vs. conventional 7F plastic stents in malignant hilar biliary obstruction: A prospective randomized controlled trial.
Woo Hyun PaikMin Kyu JungDong Uk KimTae Jun SongMin Jae YangYoung Hoon ChoiJoo Seong KimMin Woo LeeYoung Hoon ChoiSang Hyub LeePublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2023)
During bilateral side-by-side deployment in MHBO, the use of metal stents appears to be preferable to plastic stents in terms of TRBO, despite a higher frequency of stent migration (ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT03857958.).