No Association of Timing of Endoscopic Biliary Drainage with Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Non-severe Acute Cholangitis

Hakuta, R; Hamada, T; Nakai, Y; Kogure, H; Uchino, R; Takahara, N; Mizuno, S; Suzuki, T; Sato, T; Takeda, T; Ishigaki, K; Saito, K; Saito, T; Tada, M; Isayama, H; Koike, K

Nakai, Y (reprint author), Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Gastroenterol, Bunkyo Ku, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 1138655, Japan.

DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES, 2018; 63 (7): 1937

Abstract

Biliary drainage via endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the first-line treatment for acute cholangitis. Despite the established ......

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