Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage versus endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography biliary drainage in the palliative management of malignant distal biliary obstruction: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Although the reintervention rate was lower in the EUS-BD group (11.2%, n =29/263) compared to the ERCP-BD group (18.8%, n =48/256), the result did not reach statistical significance (RR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.37–1.01, I 2 =0%) ( Fig. 7 ). 6) Stent patency Stent patency rates were reported for different follow-up time intervals in the included studies.

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