Metallic Stents and Plastic Endoprostheses in Percutaneous Treatment of Biliary Obstruction

• DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32806
• Publication Date: 2002-07-28T21:53:25Z
• Authors: M Beissert; G Wittenberg; J Sandstede; M Beer; A Tschammler; W Burghardt; R Jahns; D Hahn
• Keywords: Biliary Drainage

Background: In the light of clinical controversy whether metallic stents or plastic endoprostheses should be used in percutaneous treatment biliary obstruction we retrospectively evaluated our experience with both drainage-systems.