Plastic vs. Self-Expandable Metal Stents for Palliation in Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Series of Meta-Analyses

• Published in: The American journal of gastroenterology Vol. 112; no. 2; pp. 260 - 273
• Main Authors: Almadi, Majid A, Barkun, Alan, Martel, Myriam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.02.2017
• Subjects: Cholangitis - epidemiology; Cholestasis - etiology; Cholestasis - surgery; Drainage; Gastroenterology; Humans; Palliative Care; Pancreatic Neoplasms - complications; Plastics; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Self Expandable Metallic Stents; Sepsis - epidemiology; Stents

Self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) are thought to have an advantage over plastic stents in achieving biliary drainage. We performed a systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, CENTRAL, and ISI Web of knowledge databases, from January 1980 to September 2015, for randomized-controlled trials (RCT...