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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 21, 2017; 23(35): 6429-6436
Published online Sep 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i35.6429
Published online Sep 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i35.6429
Table 1 Patient characteristics
| Patient characteristics | |
| Number of patients | 360 |
| Age [mean ± SD (range), yr] | 71 ± 11.8 (17-95) |
| Sex, male/female | 241/119 |
| Disease (number of patients) | |
| Bile duct cancer | 132 |
| Pancreatic cancer | 86 |
| Gallbladder cancer | 18 |
| Metastasis | 14 |
| Benign stricture | 110 |
- Citation: Yamamoto K, Tsuchiya T, Itoi T, Tsuji S, Tanaka R, Tonozuka R, Honjo M, Mukai S, Kamada K, Fujita M, Asai Y, Matsunami Y, Nagakawa Y, Yamaguchi H, Sofuni A. Evaluation of novel slim biopsy forceps for diagnosis of biliary strictures: Single-institutional study of consecutive 360 cases (with video). World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(35): 6429-6436
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v23/i35/6429.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i35.6429