Biliary Drainage Method and Temporal Trends in Patients Admitted with Cholangitis: A National Audit
Author(s) -
Julia McNabbBaltar,
QuocDien Trinh,
Alan Barkun
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2013/175143
Subject(s) - medicine , drainage , percutaneous , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , surgery , biliary drainage , pancreatitis , ecology , biology
In patients presenting with ascending cholangitis, better outcomes are reported in those undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) compared with surgical drainage.
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