Comparison of the efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy and hepaticogastrostomy for malignant distal biliary obstruction: Multicenter, randomized, clinical trial.
Kosuke MinagaTakeshi OguraHideyuki ShiomiHajime ImaiNoriyuki HokiMamoru TakenakaHidefumi NishikioriYukitaka YamashitaTakeshi HisaHironari KatoHideki KamadaAtsushi OkudaRyota SagamiHiroaki HashimotoKazuhide HiguchiYasutaka ChibaMasatoshi KudoMasayuki KitanoPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2019)
This study suggests that HGS is not inferior to CDS in terms of technical success. When one procedure is particularly challenging, readily switching to the other could increase technical success.