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Erschienen in: Journal of Gastroenterology 1/2012

01.01.2012 | Letter to the Editor

Reply to the letter by Yucel Üstündağ et al. regarding “Endoscopic nasobiliary drainage is most suitable for preoperative management in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma”

verfasst von: Hiroshi Kawakami, Masaki Kuwatani, Eiichi Tanaka, Satoshi Hirano

Erschienen in: Journal of Gastroenterology | Ausgabe 1/2012

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We appreciate the interest of Dr. Üstündağ and colleagues as well as their suggestions regarding our article [1]. Our study was a single-center observational study of 128 consecutive patients undergoing preoperative biliary drainage (PBD). No definite criteria or guidelines outlining indications for PBD are currently available. PBD is performed by either percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) or endoscopic biliary drainage (EBD) in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCA). To date, no report has compared PTBD with either endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (ENBD) or endoscopic biliary stenting (EBS), as PBD methods in patients with HCA. Our results were reported previously [1]. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Reply to the letter by Yucel Üstündağ et al. regarding “Endoscopic nasobiliary drainage is most suitable for preoperative management in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma”
verfasst von
Hiroshi Kawakami
Masaki Kuwatani
Eiichi Tanaka
Satoshi Hirano
Publikationsdatum
01.01.2012
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
Journal of Gastroenterology / Ausgabe 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0944-1174
Elektronische ISSN: 1435-5922
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-011-0497-4

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