Outcomes of partially covered self-expandable metal stents with different uncovered lengths in endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy: a Japanese retrospective study.
Takeshi OkamotoTakashi SasakiTsuyoshi TakedaTatsuki HiraiTakahiro IshitsukaManabu YamadaHiroki NakagawaTakafumi MieTakaaki FurukawaAkiyoshi KasugaMasato OzakaNaoki SasahiraPublished in: Clinical endoscopy (2024)
No migration was observed in patients treated with PCSEMS with 20-mm uncovered portions. Patients treated with PCSEMS with 20-mm uncovered portions performed at least as well as those treated with 5-mm uncovered portions in all material respects.