title: [Modified implantation of a Wallstent in bile duct obstruction].
abstract: The self-expanding Wallstents are increasingly applied in malignant biliary obstructions. The deployment of the stent from the covering membrane is a relatively complicated mechanism susceptible to trouble. Sometimes the deployment of the stent from the catheter fails and the incompletely deployed stent has to be removed and rejected. In a total of 9 patients with malignant bile duct obstruction 11 deployed stents were inserted in a technical modification over a 10 F sheath. The proposed technique has the advantages of a reduction of costs and of an exact placement of the stent.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Radiologische Diagnostik, Universität Tübingen.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Brambs
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rieber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents