Metal stents are safe and cost-effective for preoperative biliary drainage in resectable pancreaticobiliary tumours.
Andrew T RobertsJoseph S JayaPhil HaUdit ThakurOscar AldridgeCharles H C PilgrimEren TanEnoch WongAdrian FoxJulian ChoiDanny LiewSuong T T LeDaniel CroaghPublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2021)
In resectable pancreaticobiliary tumours, SEMS for PBD was associated with reduced risk of overall PBD-related complications and pre-surgical endoscopic reintervention rates and was comparable to PS in terms of overall cost.