Abstract

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is the method of choice for draining both benign and malignant biliary obstruction. Given the failure or impossibility of this procedure, the options for draining the biliary tree are limited to percutaneous drainage, surgical biliary diversion, or endoscopic ultrasound-guided bile duct drainage. Echo-endoscopic biliary drainage is an effective alternative to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography failure and in recent years, it has been taking an increasingly important place because it is less invasive and has a lower rate of complications. Our aim is to report a series of cases of patients with proximal malignant biliary strictures, treated by means of an endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver-gastrostomy, as palliative treatment.

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