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biliary stent placement
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what is 'biliary stent placement'?
Definition for biliary stent placement
biliary stent placement is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: carcinoma pancreas, chronic pancreatitis.
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carcinoma pancreas
pancreas cancer
biliary stent placement and carcinoma pancreas
chronic pancreatitis
chronic inflammation of pancreas
biliary stent placement and chronic pancreatitis
related procedure for 'biliary stent placement'/associated diagnoses
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72 hour stool fat
fat in stool collected over 72 hours
biliary stent placement and 72 hour stool fat
Abdominal CAT Scan
biliary stent placement and Abdominal CAT Scan
Abdominal MRI
MRI of abdominal contents
biliary stent placement and Abdominal MRI
Abdominal ultrasonography
Ultrasound of abdominal contents
biliary stent placement and Abdominal ultrasonography
Angiography
xray study of blood vessels
biliary stent placement and Angiography
Biopsy
biliary stent placement and Biopsy
CT pancreas
biliary stent placement and CT pancreas
CT scan
biliary stent placement and CT scan
Cholangiography
biliary stent placement and Cholangiography
Complete Blood Count
biliary stent placement and Complete Blood Count
Complete metabolic panel
biliary stent placement and Complete metabolic panel
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
biliary stent placement and Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Endoscopic ultrasonography
Endoscopic Ultrasound
biliary stent placement and Endoscopic ultrasonography
FDG PET scan
biliary stent placement and FDG PET scan
Laparotomy
biliary stent placement and Laparotomy
Liver Function Tests
elevated liver enzymes
biliary stent placement and Liver Function Tests
Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
biliary stent placement and Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Pancreas
biliary stent placement and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Pancreas
Pancreatectomy
biliary stent placement and Pancreatectomy
Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure)
biliary stent placement and Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure)
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5-fluorouracil
biliary stent placement and 5-fluorouracil
capecitabine
biliary stent placement and capecitabine
cisplatin
biliary stent placement and cisplatin
erlotinib
biliary stent placement and erlotinib
erlotinib(tarceva )
biliary stent placement and erlotinib(tarceva )
fluorouracil(adrucil )
biliary stent placement and fluorouracil(adrucil )
gemcitabine
biliary stent placement and gemcitabine
gemcitabine(gemzar )
biliary stent placement and gemcitabine(gemzar )
irinotecan
biliary stent placement and irinotecan
oxaliplatin
biliary stent placement and oxaliplatin
paclitaxel
biliary stent placement and paclitaxel
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- biliary stent placement
Systematic Appraisal of the Role of Metallic Endobiliary Stents in the ...
... undergoing metal stent placement for benign biliary stricture, recruitment ... Etiology and duration of stricture prior to stent placement ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1357699
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Plastic Biliary Stent Occlusion: Factors Involved and Possible ...
Keywords: Biliary stent, Cholangitis, Endoscopic insertion, Microbial biofilm, ... obstructive jaundice, endoscopic placement of biliary stents is currently the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1855334
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Stent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Endoscopic image of biliary stent seen protruding from ampulla of Vater at the ... The placement of a stent can open the obstruction, avoiding the collapse of ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stents
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eMedicine - Biliary Disease : Article by Annie T Chemmanur
... of disease affects the biliary system, often presenting with similar ... Refractory biliary stones can be managed with biliary stent placement and ursodiol. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic225.htm
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia:Biliary obstruction - series: Procedure
... to pancreatic tumors is the placement of a stent, a device designed to hold tube ... to see the blockage and to place the stent in the correct position. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/presentations/100199_3.htm
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Biliary obstruction - series
Biliary obstruction occurs when the duct which transports bile from the liver to ... to pancreatic tumors is the placement of a stent, a device designed to hold tube ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/Biliary-obstruction-series.htm
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Gallbladder Cancer Treatment - National Cancer Institute
Endoscopic stent placement: If the tumor is blocking the bile duct, surgery may ... Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage: A procedure done to drain ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/gallbladder/Patient/page4
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Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
Localized Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer Treatment of localized extrahepatic bile duct cancer may include the following: Stent placement or biliary bypass to relieve ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/tc/bile-duct-cancer-extrahepatic...
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Gallbladder Cancer Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment ...
Endoscopic stent placement: If the tumor is blocking the bile duct, surgery may ... Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage: A procedure done to drain ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/gallbladder_cancer/page4.htm
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eMedicine - Biliary Tract, Percutaneous Intervention : Article Excerpt ...
... biliary drainage, PBD, biliary stenting, biliary stent placement, percutaneous ... Over the past few decades, biliary interventions have evolved a great deal. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/byname/Biliary-Tract--Percuta...
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Program ...
... advantage of biliary tract decompression with a metal or plastic stent placement. ... ERCP with stent placement versus alternative therapies in patients ...
http://consensus.nih.gov/2002/2002ERCPsos020html.htm
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Stent
To keep bile flowing in blocked bile ducts (biliary stricture) ... Risks of stents and stent placement may include: Allergic reaction to stent material ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002303.htm
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Gallbladder Cancer
Endoscopic stent placement: If the tumor is blocking the bile duct, surgery may ... Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage: A procedure done to drain ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/tc/gallbladder-cancer-treatment-...
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eMedicine - Biliary Tract, Percutaneous Intervention : Article Excerpt ...
Opacification of the biliary system was first reported in 1921 with direct ... biliary drainage, PBD, biliary stenting, biliary stent placement, percutaneous ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/byname/biliary-tract-percutan...
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Effect of Preoperative Biliary Decompression on Pancreaticoduodenectomy ...
... death associated with biliary stent placement is of major importance (Table 6) ... Indeed, a policy of stent placement and referral to a regional center ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1421947
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Self-expandable metallic stent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... or overgrowth can be additionally palliated by the placement of a second stent ... of an expandable metallic stent placed for biliary obstruction due to common ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-expanding_metallic_stent
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Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer Treatment - National Cancer Institute
Stent placement or biliary bypass to relieve blockage of the bile duct may be ... Stent placement or biliary bypass with or without internal or external radiation ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/bileduct/Patient/page5
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CDC - Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in a Home Health ...
... open cholecystectomy and placement of a biliary drainage tube (i.e. ... A biliary stent was placed and levofloxacin and metronidazole were administered, ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no6/hageman.htm
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Biliary obstruction - series
... to pancreatic tumors is the placement of a stent, a device designed to hold tube ... to see the blockage and to place the stent in the correct position. ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/100199_3.htm
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eMedicine - Biliary Tract, Percutaneous Intervention : Article by Atif Rana
... biliary drainage, PBD, biliary stenting, biliary stent placement, percutaneous ... followed by the placement of percutaneous biliary catheters for drainage. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic756.htm
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A public health policy of "stent placement and referral" will likely result in ... pretreatment cholangiography and biliary stent placement for patients who ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1514484
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Pancreatic Cancer
... benefit from palliation of biliary obstruction by endoscopic,surgical,or ... radiologic biliary stent placement, or endoscopic biliary stent placement.[7,14] ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/pancreatic-can...
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Preoperative Biliary Drainage and Surgical Outcome
... on these results that the current common practice of biliary stent placement, ... cholangiogram is then followed in most cases by the placement of a stent. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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Stent
To keep bile flowing in blocked bile ducts (biliary stricture) ... Risks of stents and stent placement may include: Allergic reaction to stent material ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/Stent.htm
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Pancreatic Cancer
Some patients with stage IIB pancreatic cancer have tumors that are technically resectable,but few cures have been ... biliary stent placement, or ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/pancreatic-can...
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eMedicine - Bile Duct Strictures : Article by William R Brugge, MD
Bile Duct Strictures - Bile duct stricture is an uncommon but challenging ... (eg, stone extraction, biliary drainage, stent placement) can be carried out ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3425.htm
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Interventional radiology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Balloon angioplasty/stent: opening of narrow or blocked blood vessels using a ... Also placement of permanent indwelling biliary stents. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interventional_radiology
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Pancreatic carcinoma
For patients who have biliary obstruction (blockage of the vessels that ... are generally two approaches to this -- surgery and placement of a biliary stent ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000236.htm
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Pancreatic Cancer
Note: Some citations in the text of this section are followed by a level ... radiologic biliary stent placement, or endoscopic biliary stent placement.[16,17] ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/pancreatic-can...
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Stent versus gastrojejunostomy for the palliation of gastric outlet ...
Biliary drainage some time before stent placement was performed in 76/579 (13 ... gastrojejunostomy and endoscopic biliary stent placement for palliation of ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1904222
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Long-term Results of a Primary End-to-end Anastomosis in Peroperative ...
The biliary stent is placed over the guide wire bridging the stenosis. ... term follow-up after biliary stent placement for postoperative bile duct stenosis. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1915638
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eMedicine - Caroli Disease : Article by William Romano
Caroli disease is a nonobstructive dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts. ... intraductal electrohydraulic lithotripsy with biliary drainage, stent placement, ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic131.htm
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Dictionary of Cancer Terms
percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (per-kyoo-TAY-nee-us ... Images made by ultrasound guide placement of a stent (tube), which remains in the liver. ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=3...
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NIDDK Clearinghouses Reference Collection
This chapter on cholangiocarcinoma (biliary tract cancer) is from the second ... Endoscopic stricture dilation and biliary stent placement is possible in the ...
http://catalog.niddk.nih.gov/resources/results.cfm?result=83...
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Pancreatic Cancer
Surgical biliary bypass: If cancer is blocking the small intestine and bile is ... Endoscopic stent placement: If the tumor is blocking the bile duct, surgery may ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/pancreatic-can...
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Cholethorax following Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage
... of either hepatic duct followed by placement of a biliary drain to decompress ... Iatrogenic causes include biliary stent migration4, radio-frequency ablation5 ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2001135
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eMedicine - Pancreatic Cancer : Article by Richard A Erickson, MD, FACP ...
Pancreatic Cancer - In the United States, approximately 30,000 people die of ... therapeutic procedures such as biliary stent placement or celiac neurolysis. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1712.htm
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Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
Surgical biliary bypass: If the tumor cannot be removed but is blocking the ... Stent placement: If the tumor is blocking the bile duct, a stent (a thin tube) ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/tc/bile-duct-cancer-extrahepatic...
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Safety and efficacy of gastrointestinal stents in cancer patients at a ...
Frequently used types include biliary, esophageal, gastroduodenal and colonic stents. ... In the latter case, stent placement may obviate the need for a colostomy by ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2386341
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eMedicine - Liver Transplantation, Complications : Article by Paul D Russ
Biliary complications occur in approximately 13-19% of adults following OLTX. ... Balloon angioplasty and stent placement can be used to correct an IVC stenosis, ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic883.htm
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Association of Preoperative Biliary Drainage With Postoperative Outcome ...
... placement of intraoperative drain around the pancreaticojejunostomy or biliary ... et al. A preoperative biliary stent is associated with increased complications ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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Pancreatic carcinoma
For patients who have biliary obstruction (blockage of the vessels that ... are generally two approaches to this -- surgery and placement of a biliary stent ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/infectiousdiseases/Pancreatic-carcinoma.htm
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Definition of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage - NCI ...
Images made by ultrasound guide placement of a stent (tube), which remains in the liver. Bile drains through the stent into the small intestine or into a ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=377729
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eMedicine - Pancreas, Adenocarcinoma : Article by Mahesh Kumar Neelala ...
Of all the GI malignancies, pancreatic adenocarcinoma is ... biliary stent ... candidates for neoadjuvant therapy, stent placement may be preferable to ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic516.htm
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Enteral stenting in 21 patients with malignant gastroduodenal obstruction
... biliary stent could not be reached for removal, thus preventing enteral stent placement. ... Stent migration was seen in only one case, during initial placement. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?&artid=544629
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Autologous vein-coated stent for exclusion of a coronary artery ...
... percutaneous placement of a saphenous vein allograft attached to a biliary stent. ... cephalic vein-coated Palmaz-Schatz biliary stent. Am J Cardiol. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=325646
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Diagnosing Digestive Diseases with ERCP
... cholangiopancreatography) can be used to diagnose diseases of the gallbladder, liver, pancreas, and biliary system. ... Stent placement. A stent is a plastic ...
http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/digestive-diseases-ercp
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Effective Treatment of Biliary Cystadenoma
... drainage and a biliary leak treated by ERCP and stent placement occurred in 1 patient each. ... Biliary cystadenoma most often presents as an intrahepatic lesion. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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eMedicine - Hyperbilirubinemia, Conjugated : Article by Richard A Weisiger
Antimitochondrial antibody when considering primary biliary cirrhosis ... by stone extraction, balloon-dilation of strictures, or stent placement ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1065.htm
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eMedicine - Pancreatitis, Acute : Article by Timothy B Gardner
Biliary tract disease (approximately 40%): The most common cause of acute ... Transpapillary stent placement or, preferably, placement of a 6F nasopancreatic ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1720.htm
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