Endoscopic biliary stenting as the risk factor for cholangitis after endoscopic ultrasound in patients with biliary strictures.

Kenji IkezawaMinoru ShigekawaTakuo YamaiTakahiro SudaTadashi KegasawaTeppei YoshiokaRyotaro SakamoriTomohide TatsumiTetsuo Takehara

Published in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2020)

Endoscopic biliary stenting was identified as a risk factor associated with post-EUS cholangitis in patients with biliary strictures. Endoscopists should pay attention to post-EUS cholangitis, especially in cases with EBS and biliary enzyme elevation.

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