Percutaneous-transhepatic-endoscopic rendezvous procedures are effective and safe in patients with refractory bile duct obstruction.

Arne BokemeyerFriederike MüllerHannah NiesertMarkus BrücknerDominik BettenworthTobias NowackiTorsten BeynaHansjörg UllerichFrank Lenze

Published in: United European gastroenterology journal (2019)

Beside a high technical efficacy of PTE-RVs, significantly fewer complications occur following PTE-RVs than following PTCs; thus, PTE-RV should be preferred over PTC alone in selected patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ultrasound guided
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
mycobacterium tuberculosis
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
minimally invasive