Endoscopic placement of covered versus uncovered self-expandable metal stents for palliation of malignant gastric outlet obstruction.
Kentaro YamaoMasayuki KitanoYasutaka ChibaTakeshi OguraTakaaki EguchiIchiro MoriyamaYukitaka YamashitaHironari KatoTakahisa KayaharaNoriyuki HokiYoshinobu OkabeHideyuki ShiomiYoshitaka NakaiYoshinori KushiyamaYoshifumi FujimotoShiro HayashiShigeki BambaYasushi KudoNobuaki AzemotoToshiharu UekiNorimitsu UzaMasanori AsadaKazuya MatsumotoHiroko NebikiHiroshi TakiharaChisio NoguchiHideki KamadaKojiro NakaseDaisuke GotoTsuyoshi SanukiTetsuya KogaShinichi HashimotoHidefumi NishikioriMasahiro SerikawaKeiji HanadaKen HiraoMasaya OhanaImakiire KazuyukiTakao KatoMotoyuki YoshidaHirofumi KawamotoPublished in: Gut (2020)
Due to poor patient survival, minor differences between covered and uncovered stents may be less relevant even if statistically significant; however, subgroup analysis would suggest to use covered stents for intrinsic and uncovered stents for extrinsic malignancies.
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