Initial experience of endoscopic ultrasound ‐guided antegrade covered stent placement with long duodenal extension for malignant distal biliary obstruction (with video)

ConclusionsEASL has acceptable clinical outcomes with a low reintervention rate but higher rate of postprocedural pancreatitis in patients with non-pancreatic cancers. Randomized trials comparing EASL and conventional EUS-BD for MDBO with pancreatic cancers and DO/SAA after failed ERCP are needed to validate our findings.

Source: Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery - June 12, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Hoonsub So, Dongwook Oh, Mamoru Takenaka, Kosuke Minaga, Shinya Uemura, Takuji Iwashita, Tomotaka Saito, Yousuke Nakai, Seon Ok Kim, Do Hyun Park Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research