Cholecystitis after Placement of Covered Self-Expandable Metallic Stents in Patients with Distal Malignant Biliary Obstructions

• Main Authors: Masafumi Watanabe (Author), Kosuke Okuwaki (Author), Jun Woo (Author), Mitsuhiro Kida (Author), Hiroshi Imaizumi (Author), Tomohisa Iwai (Author), Hiroshi Yamauchi (Author), Toru Kaneko (Author), Rikiya Hasegawa (Author), Takahiro Kurosu (Author), Naoki Minato (Author), Hiroki Haradome (Author), Wasaburo Koizumi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims Cholecystitis can occur after the placement of covered self-expandable metallic stents for distal malignant biliary obstructions. We aimed to identify risk factors for cholecystitis following covered self-expandable metallic stent placement. Methods We investigated risk factors relat...