Palliative Endoscopic Ultrasound Biliary Drainage for Advanced Malignant Biliary Obstruction: Should It Replace the Percutaneous Approach?

Palliative Endoscopic Ultrasound Biliary Drainage for Advanced Malignant Biliary Obstruction: Should It Replace the Percutaneous Approach?

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) are the standard of care in malignant biliary obstruction cases. Recently, endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) has been widely used after unsuccessful ERCP. However, the pat...

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Main Authors: C. Rinaldi A. Lesmana, Rino A. Gani, Irsan Hasan, Andri Sanityoso Sulaiman, Khek Yu Ho, Vinay Dhir, Laurentius A. Lesmana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2019-09-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Malignant biliary obstruction
Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage
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