A prospective study: the efficacy of tapered balloon catheter for endoscopic multiple biliary stenting in malignant hilar biliary stricture.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- malignant hilar biliary stricture
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000023347
- Lead Sponsor
- Fukushima Medical University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 45
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who are younger than 20 years old. 2. patients who present a difficult endoscopic approach due to gastrointestional obstruction. 3. Patients from whom informed concent cannot be obtained. 4. Patients who were performed abdominal surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Success rate of procedure (placing the additional biliary stent, passing a mesh of metalic stent using tapered balloon catheter)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Safety (the rate or severity of adverse effects) 2. Improving hepatobiliary laboratory data one day after procedure.