Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy with a covered metal stent for malignant biliary obstruction: a prospective feasibility study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Malignant biliary obstruction
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000008833
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1,Patients wihout intrahepatic bile duct dilation 2,Massive ascites 3,Severe comorbidity 4,Contraindications for upper GI endoscope 5,Severe biliary obstruction extending into secondary branch of left intrahepatic duct. 6,Bleeding diathesis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method A rate of stent dysfunction
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Complication