Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 303-309 , August 2009

Temporary placement of fully covered self-expandable metal stents in benign biliary strictures: midterm evaluation (with video)

Received 10 September 2008 ,Accepted 12 November 2008.

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 DISCLOSURE: The following author disclosed financial relationships relevant to this publication: M. Kahaleh has received grant support from Boston Scientific, Olympus, Alveolus, Conmed, and Cook Medical. All other authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication.

 Presented as a poster at Digestive Disease Week 2008, San Diego, California (Gastrointest Endosc 2008;67:AB167).

 If you want to chat with an author of this article, you may contact him at mk5ke@virginia.edu.

PII: S0016-5107(08)02951-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.11.029

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 303-309 , August 2009

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