ELEMENT TRIAL: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial on endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage of first intent with a lumen-apposing metal stent vs. endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography in the management of malignant distal biliary obstruction

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Endoscopic ultrasound guided-biliary drainage (EUS-BD) is a promising alternative to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP); however, its growth has been limited by a lack of multicenter randomized controlled trials (RCT) and dedicated devices. A dedicated EUS-B...

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Autores principales: Chen, Yen-I, Callichurn, Kashi, Chatterjee, Avijit, Desilets, Etienne, Fergal, Donnellan, Forbes, Nauzer, Gan, Ian, Kenshil, Sana, Khashab, Mouen A., Kunda, Rastislav, Lam, Eric, May, Gary, Mohamed, Rachid, Mosko, Jeff, Paquin, Sarto C., Sahai, Anand, Sandha, Gurpal, Teshima, Christopher, Barkun, Alan, Barkun, Jeffrey, Bessissow, Ali, Candido, Kristina, Martel, Myriam, Miller, Corey, Waschke, Kevin, Zogopoulos, George, Wong, Clarence
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6902519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31818329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3918-y

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