Multicenter study comparing EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy and ERCP for malignant biliary obstruction in patients with accessible papillae.
Takeshi OguraHirotoshi IshiwatariSusumu HijiokaKotaro TakeshitaJunya SatoMamoru TakenakaTomohiro FukunagaShunsuke OmotoNao FujimoriAkihisa OhnoKeiichi HatamaruTakaaki TamuraHajime ImaiMasanori YamadaAkitoshi HakodaHiroki NishikawaMasayuki KitanoPublished in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2024)
EUS-HGS had a lower adverse event rate, shorter procedure time, and longer stent patency than ERCP in cases of normal anatomy without duodenal obstruction.