Abstract

Placement of an endoprosthesis for palliative decompression of biliary obstruction has been advocated as an effective alternative for interanl-external drainage catheters, of which the care and psychological impact of the external segment protruded through the skin has been a difficult problem. (continue...)

• Keywords: Endoscopic biliary drainage , Duodenal perforation , Complication of a biliary endoprosthesis