Malignant pyloro-duodenal obstruction: role of self expandable metallic stents.

Objective: To determine the outcome of duodenal stenting in palliation of patients with malignant pyloric and duodenal obstruction.

Methods: The non-randomised prospective descriptive study was conducted at the Endoscopy Suite, Surgical Unit-IV, Civil Hospital, Karachi, from December 2007 to November 2010. All patients presenting with inoperable ampullary, pancreatic or biliary cancers causing duodenal obstruction and patients with resectable malignancy but unfit for surgery were included.