Unilateral drainage and chemotherapy prolong the patency of a plastic stent placed above the sphincter of Oddi in patients with malignant hilar biliary obstruction.

Fumimasa TomookaKoh KitagawaAkira MitoroYukihisa FujinagaNorihisa NishimuraTadashi NamisakiTakemi AkahaneKosuke KajiShohei AsadaShinya SatoJun-Ichi HanataniHitoshi MoriYuki MotokawaTomihiro IwataHiroki KachiYui OsakiHitoshi Yoshiji

Published in: DEN open (2024)

Inside-stent therapy was safely performed in patients with malignant hilar biliary obstruction. Simple unilateral drainage and chemotherapy may prolong stent patency.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
ultrasound guided
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
mesenchymal stem cells
rectal cancer
chemotherapy induced