Postbiliary drainage rates of cholangitis are impacted by procedural technique for patients with supra-ampullary cholangiocarcinoma: A SEER-Medicare analysis.
Christine M KariyaMichael M WachSamantha M RuffReed I AyabeWinifred M LoMadeline B TorresJessica L PetrickTimothy S McNeelJeremy L DavisKatherine A McGlynnJonathan M HernandezPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2019)
For patients with supra-ampullary cholangiocarcinoma that did not undergo resection, biliary drainage procedures that violated the sphincter of Oddi were associated with increased rates of cholangitis.
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