Self-expanding metal stents for the palliation of malignant gastric outlet obstruction in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis
Christoph Rademacher, Matthias Bechtler, Steffen Schneider, Bettina Hartmann, Johannes Striegel, Ralf Jakobs
Christoph Rademacher, Matthias Bechtler, Bettina Hartmann, Johannes Striegel, Ralf Jakobs, Medizinische Klinik C, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, 67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany
Steffen Schneider, Department of Statistics/Stiftung IHF, Institut für Herzinfarktforschung, Bremserstraße 79, 67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany
Author contributions: Rademacher C designed and performed the research and wrote the paper; Bechtler M supervised the research and provided clinical advice; Schneider S supervised and performed the statistical analysis; Hartmann B and Striegel J provided clinical advice; Jakobs R supervised the research and the report.
Institutional review board statement: The institutional review board (Ethik-Kommission, Landesärztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) deemed it exempt from review.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: We have no financial relationships to disclose.
Data sharing statement: Informed consent for data sharing was not obtained but the presented data are anonymized and the risk of identification is low. No additional data are available. Questions regarding the technical procedure, statistical code and data can be addressed to the corresponding author.
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Correspondence to: Ralf Jakobs, MD, Medical Director, Medizinische Klinik C, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Bremserstraße 79, 67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany. jakobsr@klilu.de
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Received: June 17, 2016
Peer-review started: June 17, 2016
First decision: August 29, 2016
Revised: September 8, 2016
Accepted: October 10, 2016
Article in press: October 10, 2016
Published online: November 21, 2016
