Biliary Drainage Method and Temporal Trends in Patients Admitted with Cholangitis: A National Audit

BACKGROUND: In patients presenting with ascending cholangitis, better outcomes are reported in those undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) compared with surgical drainage.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Julia McNabb-Baltar, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Alan N Barkun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/175143