Endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy using a thin stent delivery system in patients with unresectable malignant distal biliary obstruction: A prospective multicenter study.
Masahiro ItonagaMasayuki KitanoKeiichi HatamaruTakashi TamuraJunya NutaYuki KawajiMamoru TakenakaKosuke MinagaMasatoshi KudoTakeshi OguraKazuhide HiguchiYasutaka ChibaPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2018)
The EUS-CDS approach had 95% technical and 100% clinical success rates, with adverse events reported in 5% of cases. EUS-CDS may become safer if efforts are made to avoid the dilation step (UMIN 000023938).