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Feasibility and Safety of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biliary Drainage (EUS-BD) for Malignant Biliary Obstruction Associated with Ascites: Results of a Pilot Study.

María Victoria Alvarez-SánchezO B LunaI OriaK MarchutF FumexG SingierA SalgadoB Napoléon
Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2018)
EUS-BD is technically feasible in patients with ascites. Our results suggest that EUS-BD may be a clinically effective and safe alternative after failed ERCP in patients with ascites.
Keyphrases
  • ultrasound guided
  • fine needle aspiration
  • cell free