Publications by authors named "B Tsimbloulis"

Background: The risks of palliative operative intervention of gastric outlet obstruction for advanced pancreatic head carcinoma has been reported to be quite high. The present study reports the results of attempted endoscopic palliation of duodenal obstruction in these patients.

Methods: Ten patients with endoscopically documented malignant duodenal strictures from pancreatic head carcinoma in whom self-expandable endoprostheses were placed are retrospectively analyzed.

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