title: Gianturco-Rosch biliary stents: preliminary experience.
abstract: Results of long-term follow-up are reported for nine patients who underwent placement of Gianturco-Rosch expandable metallic stents. Seven patients had malignant disease. The average duration of patency was 7 months. In one patient with inactive primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), the stents remained patent at 22 months, but recurrent stent closure was seen in a second patient with PSC. In the patient population studied, no advantages were seen with use of the stents; however, they may have an application in certain patients with benign disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Laffey
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bixon
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Getrajdman
mesh_terms: D002759:Adenoma, Bile Duct / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000556:secondary; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents