Role of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage for palliation of malignant biliary obstruction.

Sahib Singh, Saurabh Chandan, Antonio Facciorusso

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Article in World journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Bile Duct Drainage Enhances Oncological Systemic Therapy Initiation and Capability in Patients With Non-Resectable Malignant Distal Bile Duct Obstructions Compared to Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage.DEN open · 2026
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Sahib SinghDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21215, United States.

Saurabh ChandanCenter for Interventional Endoscopy (CIE), Advent Health, Orlando, FL 32803, United States.

Antonio FacciorussoGastroenterology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia 71122, Italy. antonio.facciorusso@virgilio.it.

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Abstract

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) directs bile flow into the digestive tract and has been mostly used in patients with malignant biliary obstruction (MBO) where endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-guided biliary drainage was unsuccessful or was not feasible. Lumen apposing metal stents (LAMS) are deployed during EUS-BD, with the newer electrocautery-enhanced LAMS reducing procedure time and complication rates due to the inbuilt cautery at the catheter tip. EUS-BD with electrocautery-enhanced LAMS has high technical and clinical success rates for palliation of MBO, with bleeding, cholangitis, and stent occlusion being the most common adverse events. Recent studies have even suggested comparable efficacy between EUS-BD and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography as the primary approach for distal MBO. In this editorial, we commented on the article by Peng

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Bile ductCancerEndoscopic ultrasoundEndoscopic ultrasound guided biliary drainageEndoscopyPancreas

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PMID39220057

DOI10.4240/wjgs.v16.i8.2369

PMCPMC11362943

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