Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Transmural Biliary Drainage With 6 mm and 8 mm Cautery-enhanced Lumen-apposing Metal Stents: A Multicenter Collaborative Study.
Daryl RamaiEnad DawodPeter E DarwinRaymond E KimJeong Hoon KimJade WangChandana LankaTarek BakainSriHari MahadevKartik SampathDavid L Carr-LockeJohn D MorrisReem Z SharaihaPublished in: Journal of clinical gastroenterology (2024)
This study demonstrates the feasibility of EUS-BD drainage using smaller caliber 6 or 8 mm lumen-apposing metal stent to relieve malignant distal bile duct obstruction in patients who fail conventional ERCP.