Open AccessPercutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and drainage and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograph for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: which one is preferred?
Author(s) -
Jieming Zhu,
Wei Wu,
Kewei Hu,
Wei Cai,
Wen Tang,
Duanmin Hu,
Yin Guo,
Deqing Zhang,
Rui Li,
Hao Feng,
Jing Li,
Hongwei Peng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.6937/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography , percutaneous , cholangiography , biliary drainage , drainage , radiology , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , general surgery , surgery , pancreatitis , ecology , biology
both percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and drainage (PTCD) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with SEMS implantation have been used for unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HC) in the clinic for many years. However, which one is preferred is still unknown.