Pancreatic Disorders & Therapy
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Sheng Ma

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• Research Article
  Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreaticography with or without Stenting in Patients with Pancreaticobiliary Malignancy: An Updated Metaanalysis
  Author(s): Chenyang Duan and Sheng MaChenyang Duan and Sheng Ma
  
  In order to assess the beneficial and harmful effects of biliary stenting via ERCP for pancreaticobiliary stricture confirmed or suspected to be malignant, prior to surgery, we identified trials through Pubmed (1950 to June 2013), Science Citation Index Expanded (1945 to June 2013), and EMBASE (1980 to June 2013). Three authors independently selected trials for inclusion and extracted data. The primary pre-surgical, post-surgical, and final outcome measures were mortality. The secondary outcomes were complications such as cholangitis, pancreatitis, bleeding, pancreatic fistula, intra-abdominal abscess, improvement in bilirubin, and quality of life. Dichotomous outcomes were reported as odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) based on fixed- and random-effect models. We identified three randomized trials with 634 patients undergoing pancreatico-duodenectomy; 500 patients unde.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7092.S6-003

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