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Endoscopic biliary drainage: with EST vs without EST
| No EST added | EST added | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author | No. of patients | Success rate (%) | Effectiveness % | Incidence of complications (%)a | No. of patients | Success rate (%) | Effectiveness (%) | Incidence of complications (%)a |
| Sugiyama and Atomi (1998)24 (ENBD; 7-Fr) | 93 | 96 | 94 | 2 | 73 | 95 | 92 | 11 |
| Hui et al. (2003)25 (Stent; -Fr) | 37 | 86 | 100 | 3 | 37 | 89 | 100 | 11 |
a Complications associated with technique, such as bleeding and pancreatitis
