Masaru Furukawa, Yasutaka Ishii, Masahiro Serikawa, Tomofumi Tsuboi, Yumiko Tatsukawa, Tetsuro Hirano, Shinya Nakamura, Juri Ikemoto, Yusuke Kiyoshita, Sho Saeki, Yosuke Tamura, Sayaka Miyamoto, Kazuki Nakamura, Yumiko Yamashita, Noriaki Iijima, Kenichiro Uemura, Shiro Oka
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to compare the utility of covered self-expanding metal stents (CSEMSs) with that of plastic stents (PSs) for biliary drainage during neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. METHODS: Forty patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer underwent biliary stenting during neoadjuvant chemotherapy at Hiroshima University Hospital. PSs and CSEMSs were placed in 19 and 21 patients, respectively. Two gemcitabine-based regimens for chemotherapy were used...
September 28, 2023: Journal of Clinical Medicine