title: Treatment of biliary stricture: stents versus surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. eag2@musc.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Rana C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Pullatt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y / Q000379:methods; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007582:Jejunostomy / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome