title: Biliary stents.
abstract: The management of extrahepatic biliary obstruction has been revolutionized by the development of endoprostheses which can be inserted endoscopically or percutaneously. Advances in the technology of stent insertion and in the stents themselves are likely to increase the therapeutic armamentarium of the endoscopist still further.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Catnach
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Fairclough
mesh_terms: D002779:Cholestasis / Q000628:therapy*; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents