A systematic review of the comparison of the incidence of seeding metastasis between endoscopic biliary drainage and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage for resectable malignant biliary obstruction

A systematic review of the comparison of the incidence of seeding metastasis between endoscopic biliary drainage and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage for resectable malignant biliary obstruction

Abstract Background and aim Endoscopic biliary drainage (EBD) and percutaneous biliary drainage (PTBD) are the two main strategies of preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) for resectable malignant biliary obstruction (MBO) worldwide, but which is better remains unclear. Seeding metastasis (SM) has bee...

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Main Authors: Lei Wang, Nanping Lin, Fuli Xin, Qiao Ke, Yongyi Zeng, Jingfeng Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Preoperative biliary drainage
Malignant biliary obstruction
Percutaneous biliary drainage
Endoscope biliary drainage
Seeding metastasis
Meta-analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-019-1656-y

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