ENBD is Associated with Decreased Tumor Dissemination Compared to PTBD in Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma.
Ryota HiguchiTakehisa YazawaShuichiro UemuraWataru IzumoRohan Jagat ChaudharyToru FurukawaMasakazu YamamotoPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2017)
For patients with PHC, the associated risk of postoperative tumor dissemination in the ENBD group was lower than in the PTBD group and equivalent to that in the WD group. Thus, ENBD is the ideal procedure for preoperative biliary drainage.