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In obstructive jaundice the decompression of occluded common bile duct with transhepatic or perduodenoscopic positioning of a biliary stent, represents a valid alternative to surgery because of a lower incidence of morbility and mortality, a shorter mean hospital stay and the rapid regression of jaundice and itching. The main limitation of this procedure is the late occlusion of the stents which requires their removal, with an increased risk for the patient and an additional health care cost.
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Basoli, A., Fiocca, F., Di Rosa, R., Baldassarri, L., Donelli, G. (1999). Biliary stent occlusion : a microbiological and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) investigation. In: Zanella, E. (eds) Advances in Abdominal Surgery. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4469-8_8
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