… biliary drainage for malignant biliary obstruction between 1999 and 2016 at our institution.
The reasons for percutaneous biliary drainage … with biliary obstruction due to primary cancer (…

… in palliative care as the main … drainage can reduce the symptom load in palliative patients.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the benefits and the disadvantages of PTBD in palliative …

… surgical biliary drainage for incurable malignant biliary obstruction demonstrates that a
palliative … are reported to be around 90% but its main limitation is the low detection rate of small …

… level of biliary obstruction stated. Furthermore, the role of palliative biliary drainage with regard
to … Discrete variables (fractions in percent) are ranked according to the main and pertinent …

… Preoperative biliary drainage is generally … and primary bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma).
Other causes of malignant biliary obstruction can include ampullary carcinoma, primary …

… Furthermore, biliary drainage can be a bridge to palliative … pancreatic cancer,5 and in
advanced biliary tract cancer.6 7 … biliary tree drainage and is the primary method of relieving …

… Hilar biliary drainage for hilar tumors is a palliative treatment. However, palliative treatments…
with drainage quality. Another important finding of our study is the evidence that correctly …

… to ERCP as a primary palliation method in relieving malignant distal biliary obstruction. … of
efficacy for the primary palliation of unresectable malignant distal biliary obstruction based on …

… is the standard palliation method for malignant distal biliary obstruction (MDBO)… biliary
drainage (EUS-BD) with transmural metal stenting has emerged as an option for primary palliation …

… The primary outcome was overall survival. Overall survival … showed that effective palliation
by successful biliary drainage with … in these patients of palliative biliary drainage as well as …