Impact of sarcopenia on recurrent biliary obstruction after EUS-guided biliary drainage in patients with malignant biliary obstruction.

Tomoya EmoriMasahiro ItonagaReiko AshidaTakashi TamuraYuki KawajiKeiichi HatamaruYasunobu YamashitaKazuhiro FukatsuToshio ShimokawaMasataka KoikeTetsuo SonomuraManabu KawaiMasayuki Kitano

Published in: International journal of clinical oncology (2024)

Sarcopenia is an independent indicator of RBO in patients with MBO who receive EUS-BD with SEMS.

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