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Early Biliary Decompression Reduces Morbidity but Not Mortality in Acute Ascending Cholangitis

Background Acute ascending cholangitis is a life-threatening infection due to biliary obstruction. Decompression via endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) or interventional radiologic (IR) drainage controls the source of the sepsis. Numerous studies have been published with conflicting data on...

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Autores principales: Shapera, Emanuel A, Touadi, Melissa, Kaspick, Steven, Choy-Shin, Jennifer, Lapucha, Mateusz, Baumgarten, Lauren, Johnson, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10083058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37041918
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35989