Efficacy and safety of EUS-guided biliary drainage in comparison
Michel Kahaleh
Broschiertes Buch

Efficacy and safety of EUS-guided biliary drainage in comparison

with percutaneous biliary drainage when ERCP fails: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) is being increasingly used as an alternate therapeutic modality to percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) for biliary obstruction in patients who fail ERCP. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the efficacy and safety of these 2 procedures. We searched several databases from inception to September 4, 2016, to identify comparative studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of EUS-BD and PTBD. Primary outcomes of interest were the differences in technical success and postprocedure adverse events. Secondary...