EUS-Guided Gallbladder Drainage Is Effective Rescue Therapy for Malignant Biliary Obstruction

This salvage approach may save patients from a percutaneous drain.

Malignant biliary obstruction is typically treated via endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and, failing that, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)–guided biliary drainage or percutaneous biliary drainage. The gallbladder provides another route to drain the biliary tree as it directly connects with the common bile duct. In a recent study, researchers evaluated the success of EUS-guided gallbladder drainage in 28 patients with malignant distal biliary obstruction who failed both ERCP and EUS-guided biliary drainage.

This retrospective, multicenter study included 28 patients who underwent EUS-guided gallbladder drainage as a rescue therapy following other failed endoscopic interventions. All but two patients underwent placement of a lu…

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Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE

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Consultant/Advisory BoardBSC; Merit; Olympus

Speaker’s BureauAbbVie

Editorial BoardsGastrointestinal Endoscopy

Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardBSC; Merit; Olympus

Speaker’s BureauAbbVie

Editorial BoardsGastrointestinal Endoscopy

EUS-Guided Gallbladder Drainage Is Effective Rescue Therapy for Malignant Biliary Obstruction

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