ERCP is the first line of treatment for malignant biliary obstruction and EUS-guided biliary
drainage (EUS-BD) is usually used for patients who have failed ERCP. EUS-guided …

Background and study aims There is increasing evidence to suggest that EUS-guided biliary
drainage (EUS-BD) is a safe and effective treatment alternative for patients with malignant …

Background and Aims EUS-guided biliary drainage has emerged as a technique to enable
endobiliary drainage in failed ERCP. A newer model, lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) …

EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography
biliary drainage (PTC) are the two alternate methods for biliary decompression in cases …

Aims In cases of malignant distal biliary obstruction, ERCP is the preferred technique for bile
duct drainage. In case of failure, the alternative techniques are percutaneous transhepatic …

Background and study aims: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy
(EUS-CDS) has gained popularity as an alternative to percutaneous biliary drainage for …

Background and Aims Studies on EUS-guided transmural biliary drainage (EUS-BD) have
evaluated its efficacy as a rescue technique after failed ERCP. We performed a single …

Background and Aims EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDS) with a lumen-
apposing metal stent (LAMS) has been proposed as an alternative procedure in patients …

Background and Aims EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDD) with an
electrocautery-enhanced lumen-apposing metal stent (EC-LAMS) has emerged as a viable …

Background and Aims EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) is increasingly used as an
alternate therapeutic modality to percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) for …