Clinical efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage replacement of percutaneous drainage: A multicenter retrospective study.
Kosuke MinagaYukitaka YamashitaTakeshi OguraMamoru TakenakaYuzo ShimokawaTakeshi HisaMasahiro ItonagaHironari KatoHidefumi NishikioriAtsushi OkudaHisakazu MatsumotoYoshito UenoyamaTomohiro WatanabeYasutaka ChibaKazuhide HiguchiMasatoshi KudoMasayuki KitanoPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2018)
Where ongoing gallbladder drainage is required, conversion from PTGBD to EUS-GBD is a feasible, effective, and safe technique for patients who cannot undergo cholecystectomy.