Open AccessProspective multicenter study of primary EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy using a covered metal stent
Author(s) -
Yousuke Nakai,
Hiroyuki Isayama,
Hiroshi Kawakami,
Hirotoshi Ishiwatari,
Masayuki Kitano,
Yukiko Ito,
Ichiro Yasuda,
Hironari Kato,
Saburo Matsubara,
Atsushi Irisawa,
Takao Itoi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
endoscopic ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.883
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2303-9027
pISSN - 2226-7190
DOI - 10.4103/eus.eus_17_18
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , clinical endpoint , impaction , cholecystitis , adverse effect , abdominal pain , surgery , radiology , pancreatitis , gallbladder , randomized controlled trial
EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) is increasingly reported as a salvage technique after failed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, but it is still controversial whether EUS-BD can replace transpapillary biliary stenting. Therefore, we conducted this multicenter, prospective study of EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDS) using a covered metallic stent (CMS) as primary biliary drainage for unresectable distal malignant biliary obstruction (MBO).