Abstract

Metallic stents and plastic stents are used for palliating inoperable malignant distal common bile duct (CBD) strictures. There have been recent retrospective studies and randomized controlled trials that evaluated the clinical efficacy of metal and plastic stents. This is a meta-analysis to pool the evidence for metallic versus plastic stents in managing malignant distal CBD strictures.

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