Percutaneous transhepatic vs. endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage for suspected malignant hilar obstruction: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Percutaneous transhepatic vs. endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage for suspected malignant hilar obstruction: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background The optimal approach to the drainage of malignant obstruction at the liver hilum remains uncertain. We aim to compare percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) to endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) as the first intervention in patients with cholestasis due to sus...

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Main Authors: Firas Al-Kawas, Harry Aslanian, John Baillie, Filip Banovac, Jonathan M. Buscaglia, James Buxbaum, Amitabh Chak, Bradford Chong, Gregory A. Coté, Peter V. Draganov, Kulwinder Dua, Valerie Durkalski, B. Joseph Elmunzer, Lydia D. Foster, Timothy B. Gardner, Brian S. Geller, Priya Jamidar, Laith H. Jamil, Rajesh N. Keswani, Mouen A. Khashab, Gabriel D. Lang, Ryan Law, David Lichtenstein, Simon K. Lo, Sean McCarthy, Silvio Melo, Daniel Mullady, Jose Nieto, J. Bayne Selby, Vikesh K. Singh, Rebecca L. Spitzer, Brian Strife, Paul Tarnaksy, Jason R. Taylor, Jeffrey Tokar, Andrew Y. Wang, April Williams, Field Willingham, Patrick Yachimski, In alphabetical order for the INTERCPT Study Group and the United States Cooperative for Outcomes Research in Endoscopy (USCORE)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Cholangiocarcinoma
Hilar stricture
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-018-2473-2

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