partially supported by grants from the Jiangsu Province Social Development Program(BL2012031);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81172266);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK2011859);Jiangsu Innovation of Medical Team and Leading Talents Cultivation(LJ201127)
BACKGROUND: One of the major limitations of biliary stents is the stent occlusion, which is closely related to the over- growth of bacteria. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of a novel silver=nanoparticle...