Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage may be the preferred preoperative drainage method in hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage may be the preferred preoperative drainage method in hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Background and study aims Preoperative biliary drainage of hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HC) is controversial. The goal of this study was to compare the clinical outcome and associated complications for types II, III, and IV HC managed by percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) and endoscopic...

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Main Authors: Yongjiang Ba, Ping Yue, Joseph W. Leung, Haiping Wang, Yanyan Lin, Bing Bai, Xiaoliang Zhu, Lei Zhang, Kexiang Zhu, Wenhui Wang, Wenbo Meng, Wence Zhou, Ying Liu, Xun Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2020-01-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-0990-9114

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http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-0990-9114

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