Internal drainage versus external drainage in palliation of malignant biliary obstruction: a meta-analysis and systematic review.

Conclusions: The current meta-analysis indicates that external drainage is better than internal drainage for malignant biliary obstruction in terms of the preoperative cholangitis rate, the incidence of stent dysfunction and total morbidity, etc. However, the findings need to be confirmed by randomized controlled trials. PMID: 32542075 [PubMed]
Source: Archives of Medical Science - Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Arch Med Sci Source Type: research