A Multicenter, Prospective Study of a New Fully Covered Expandable Metal Biliary Stent for the Palliative Treatment of Malignant Bile Duct Obstruction

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</svg> (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="left">   Distal common bile duct (CBD)</td><td align="center">41 (70.7 %)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">   Mid CBD</td><td align="center">  9 (15.5%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">   Proximal common bile duct</td><td align="center">  5 (8.6%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">   Distal CBD and mid CBD</td><td align="center">  1 (1.7%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">   Junction of distal CBD and mid CBD</td><td align="center">  1 (1.7%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">   Papilla</td><td align="center">  1 (1.7%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr" /></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div>

Table 2 | A Multicenter, Prospective Study of a New Fully Covered Expandable Metal Biliary Stent for the Palliative Treatment of Malignant Bile Duct Obstruction

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Table 2: A Multicenter, Prospective Study of a New Fully Covered Expandable Metal Biliary Stent for the Palliative Treatment of Malignant Bile Duct Obstruction

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