Endoscopic stenting for long-term treatment of large bile duct stones: 2- to 5-year follow-up.
Seventeen elderly and high risk patients with large bile duct stones, who were treated by endoscopic insertion of a stent when attempts at stone extraction failed, are reported. In a follow-up of 2 to 5 years (median, 39 months), only two have so far required surgery for biliary sepsis and five have already died from other causes.
Department of Gastroenterology, Middlesex Hospital, London, England.
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Cotton
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Forbes
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Leung
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Dineen
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000628:therapy*; D019723:Endoscopes; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male