EUS-Guided Biliary Drainage Versus ERCP for the Primary Palliation of Malignant Biliary Obstruction: An Unfair Comparison

Marco Spadaccini^{1

2}, Alessandro Fugazza², Edoardo Troncone², Vincenzo Craviotto^{1

2}, Ferdinando D'Amico^{1

2}, Laura Lamonaca^{1

2}, Andrea Anderloni², Alessandro Repici^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Rozzano (MI), Italy.
² Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Rozzano (MI), Italy.

Comment

Marco Spadaccini et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 Jan.

. 2019 Jan;114(1):174.

doi: 10.1038/s41395-018-0371-6.

Marco Spadaccini^{1

2}, Alessandro Fugazza², Edoardo Troncone², Vincenzo Craviotto^{1

2}, Ferdinando D'Amico^{1

2}, Laura Lamonaca^{1

2}, Andrea Anderloni², Alessandro Repici^{1

2}

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Rozzano (MI), Italy.
² Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Rozzano (MI), Italy.

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Paik WH, Lee TH, Park DH. Paik WH, et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 Jan;114(1):174-175. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000046. Am J Gastroenterol. 2019. PMID: 30633035 No abstract available.

EUS-Guided Biliary Drainage Versus ERCP for the Primary Palliation of Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial.
Paik WH, Lee TH, Park DH, Choi JH, Kim SO, Jang S, Kim DU, Shim JH, Song TJ, Lee SS, Seo DW, Lee SK, Kim MH. Paik WH, et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2018 Jul;113(7):987-997. doi: 10.1038/s41395-018-0122-8. Epub 2018 Jul 2. Am J Gastroenterol. 2018. PMID: 29961772 Clinical Trial.