Surgery or EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy for malignant distal biliary obstruction after ERCP failure

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the method of choice for drainage in patients with distal malignant biliary obstruction, but it fails in up to 10% of cases. Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) and surgical bypass are the traditional dra...

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Published in:Endosc Ultrasound
Main Authors: Artifon, Everson L.A., Loureiro, Jarbas F., Baron, Todd H., Fernandes, Kaie, Kahaleh, Michel, Marson, Fernando P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4568637/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26374583
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2303-9027.163010
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