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Non-superiority of lumen-apposing metal stents over plastic stents for drainage of walled-off necrosis in a randomised trial

Ji Young Bang; Udayakumar Navaneethan; Muhammad K. Hasan; Bryce Sutton; Robert H. Hawes; Shyam Varadarajulu · 2018 · Gut

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Abstract (excerpt)

OBJECTIVE: Although lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) are increasingly used for drainage of walled-off necrosis (WON), their advantage over plastic stents is unclear. We compared efficacy of LAMS and plastic stents for WON drainage.…

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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-315335