Covered self-expandable metal stents for distal biliary obstruction from pancreatic carcinoma: what type of stent is preferred?

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Hideyuki Shiomi et al. Clin Endosc. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;55(3):369-371.

doi: 10.5946/ce.2022.122. Epub 2022 May 11.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Hyogo, Japan.

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