A novel magnetic compression anastomosis method saved a 45-year-old Indian man from bile duct complications after ...

In Malignant Hilar Biliary Stricture (MHBS) palliative biliary drainage is a frequent strategy, improving the quality of life, reducing pruritus, loss of appetite and relieving cholangitis. The ...

The following is a summary of “Analysis of the efficacy of Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography Drainage (PTCD) and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the treatment of ...

The proportion of patients with severe preoperative drainage-related complications was similar between the groups (17 [63%] patients in the percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage group vs 18 [67%] ...

As life expectancy increases in patients with advanced cancer, various complications may occur. Malignant biliary obstruction is one of the representative complications, which is caused by primary ...

2.3 Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS‑BD) is an alternative procedure when ERCP is not possible; ERCP fails in a small proportion of people because of the nature of the obstruction or ...

Evidence-based recommendations on endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage for biliary obstruction. This involves passing a thin tube (called an endoscope) with an ultrasound probe at the tip ...

Malignant biliary obstruction (MBO) is often diagnosed at late stages with mostly unresectable lesions. Recently, EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) has gained wide acceptance and appears to be a ...

Palliative systemic chemotherapy was administered in 26 patients (75%) versus 18 patients (20%) after primary endoscopic biliary drainage. The median overall survival was 10.6 months (95% CI 8.1 – not ...