ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2020
The efficacy of the combination of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage and
Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Outcomes of iodine-125 seed strips combined with double self-expandable metallic stent for Bismuth type III and IV malignant biliary obstruction.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Biliary drainage combined with simultaneousBMC cancer · 2023Article
- Factors related to stent patency and early elimination of jaundice using bile duct stent combined with iodine-125 seed implantation in malignant obstructive jaundice.Journal of contemporary brachytherapy · 2022Article
- Insertion of I-125 seed-loaded stent for inoperable hilar cholangiocarcinoma.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2021Article
- A combination of portal vein stent insertion and endovascular iodine-125 seed-strip implantation, followed by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization with sorafenib for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma-associated portal vein tumor thrombus.Journal of contemporary brachytherapy · 2021Article
- Treatment of Malignant Bile Duct Obstruction: What the Interventional Radiologist Needs to Know.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2021Review
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the efficacy of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) combined with iodine-125 ( MATERIAL AND
methodsA retrospective study was performed on 58 consecutive MBO patients. Twenty patients underwent PTBD combined with
resultsThe differences in total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, and indirect bilirubin levels between the two groups were not significant preoperatively (
conclusionsPTBD combined with
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