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Nitinol versus steel partially covered self-expandable metal stent for malignant distal biliary obstruction: a randomized trial

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2014

Year

C Söderlund, Stefan Linder, Per Bergenzaun, Tomas Grape, Hans-Olof Håkansson, Anders Kilander, Gert Lindell, Martin Ljungman, Bo Ohlin, Jørgen Nielsen,
Endoscopy

Abstract

The nitinol SEMS showed longer patency time, and the nitinol group had fewer patients with stent failure, compared with the steel SEMS group. We could not detect any differences between the two groups regarding survival time, and regarding adverse event rate.Clinical trial registration : NCT 00980889.