Endoscopic Ultrasonography Guided Biliary Drainage

Endoscopic ultrasonography is a widely accepted modality for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal and pancreatic-biliary diseases. Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided biliary drainage has attracted attention as an alternative procedure to percutaneous trans-hepatic biliary drainage, with a technical success between 75%-100% and with low complication rate. Other important advantage of endoscopic ultrasonography-guided biliary drainage compared with external percutaneous trans-hepatic biliary drainage is better quality of life due to the internal placement of the stent.