Covered Self-Expandable Metal Stents With an Anti-Migration System Improve Patency Duration Without Increased Complications Compared With Uncovered Stents for Distal Biliary Obstruction Caused by Pancreatic Carcinoma: A Randomized Multicenter Trial

Abstract

By preventing tumor ingrowth and migration, covered SEMSs with an anti-migration system had a longer duration of patency than uncovered SEMSs, which recommends their use in the palliative treatment of patients with biliary obstruction due to pancreatic carcinomas.