Amy Tyberg, Bertrand Napoleon, Carlos Robles-Medranda, Janak N Shah, Erwan Bories, Nikhil A Kumta, Andres Sanchez Yague, Enrique Vazquez-Sequeiros, Sundeep Lakhtakia, Abdul Hamid El Chafic, Shawn L Shah, Sohini Sameera, Augustine Tawadros, Jose Celso Ardengh, Prashant Kedia, Monica Gaidhane, Marc Giovannini, Michel Kahaleh
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) offers minimally invasive decompression when conventional endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography fails. Stents can be placed from the intrahepatic ducts into the stomach (hepaticogastrostomy [HG]) or from the extrahepatic bile duct into the small intestine (choledochoduodenostomy [CCD]). Long-term patency of these stents is unknown. In this study, we aim to compare long-term patency of CCD versus HG. METHODS: Consecutive patients from 12 centers were included in a registry over 14 years...
January 2022: Endoscopic Ultrasound