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Endoscopic Nasobiliary Drainage Should be Initially Selected for Preoperative Biliary Drainage in Patients with Perihilar Bile Duct Cancer

Authors: Hiroshi Kawakami, Masaki Kuwatani, Kazunori Eto, Taiki Kudo, Eiichi Tanaka, Satoshi Hirano

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 9/2012

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We read with interest the article by Hwang et al. [1] on the outcome after preoperative biliary drainage in patients with perihilar bile duct cancer. They reported an incidence of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) catheter tract recurrence (4/231, 1.7 %) lower than that reported by Takahashi et al. [2] (23/445, 5.2 %). We do not know the methods of endoscopic drainage, namely, endoscopic biliary stenting (EBS) or nasobiliary drainage (ENBD). …

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Title: Endoscopic Nasobiliary Drainage Should be Initially Selected for Preoperative Biliary Drainage in Patients with Perihilar Bile Duct Cancer
Authors: Hiroshi Kawakami
Masaki Kuwatani
Kazunori Eto
Taiki Kudo
Eiichi Tanaka
Satoshi Hirano
Publication date: 01-09-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 9/2012
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-012-1596-y

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