A comparison between endoscopic ultrasound-guided rendezvous and percutaneous biliary drainage after failed ERCP for malignant distal biliary obstruction

Background and study Aims: Selective biliary cannulation is unsuccessful in 5 % to 10 % of patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for malignant distal biliary obstruction (MDBO). Percutaneous biliary drainage (PBD) has been the gold standard, but endoscopic ultras...

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Main Authors: Bill, Jason G., Darcy, Michael, Fujii-Lau, Larissa L., Mullady, Daniel K., Gaddam, Srinivas, Murad, Faris M., Early, Dayna S., Edmundowicz, Steven A., Kushnir, Vladimir M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: © Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5025302/