Clin Endosc.  2025 Jan;58(1):82-84. 10.5946/ce.2024.301.

Biliary drainage in pancreatic cancer with duodenal invasion: which route is the best?

• Chantarojanasiri T
• Ratanachu-Ek T

• KMID: 2564021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2024.301

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  Fig. 1. Proposed algorithm for biliary drainage in pancreatic cancer. PDAC, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; EUS, endoscopic ultrasound; EUS-BD, EUS-guided biliary drainage; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograpy; EUS-HGS, EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy.

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