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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2017; 23(10): 1851-1856
Published online Mar 14, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i10.1851
Published online Mar 14, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i10.1851
Percutaneous intraductal radiofrequency ablation for treatment of biliary stent occlusion: A preliminary result
Ning Xia, Ju Gong, Jian Lu, Zhi-Jin Chen, Li-Yun Zhang, Zhong-Min Wang, Department of Radiology, Ruijin Hospital Luwan Branch, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200020, China
Zhong-Min Wang, Department of Intervention, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
Author contributions: Xia N, Gong J and Lu J contributed equally to this work; Xia N, Gong J and Wang ZM designed the research; Xia N, Gong J and Wang ZM performed the research; Xia N, Lu J, Chen ZJ and Zhang LY analyzed the data; and Xia N wrote the paper.
Supported by the Youth Foundation of the Shanghai Public Health Bureau , No. 20134Y195 ; and the Project of Medical Key Specialty of Shanghai Municipality , No. ZK2015A22 .
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Ruijin Hospital Luwan Branch Review Board.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None declared.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Zhong-Min Wang, MD, Professor, Department of Intervention, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China. james0722@163.com
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Received: September 26, 2016
Peer-review started: September 28, 2016
First decision: October 20, 2016
Revised: November 10, 2016
Accepted: January 17, 2017
Article in press: January 17, 2017
Published online: March 14, 2017
Peer-review started: September 28, 2016
First decision: October 20, 2016
Revised: November 10, 2016
Accepted: January 17, 2017
Article in press: January 17, 2017
Published online: March 14, 2017
Core Tip
Core tip: This study sought to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of a novel application of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of biliary stent obstruction. We report a retrospective study with the results of percutaneous intraductal radiofrequency ablation in patients with biliary stent occlusion.