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Case Reports
. 1981 Sep;13(5):217-9.
doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1021688.

Transpapillary positioning of a large 3.2 mm biliary endoprosthesis

K Huibregtse, H J Haverkamp, G N Tytgat
Case Reports

Transpapillary positioning of a large 3.2 mm biliary endoprosthesis

K Huibregtse et al. Endoscopy. 1981 Sep.

Abstract

An endoscopic method for positioning a large-caliber (3.2 mm) biliary endoprosthesis is described. In 3 patients with malignant jaundice the endoprosthesis provided definitive relief of jaundice until death 4 1/2, 15 and 17 weeks respectively after the introduction of the prosthesis.

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