Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	15078
Country	Japan

Received	2014-11-07 09:41
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Revised	2014-11-29 10:39
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Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief	2014-12-17 17:35
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-12-22 17:03
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Does endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage really have clinical impact?
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Takeshi Ogura and Kazuhide Higuchi
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Takeshi Ogura, MD, PhD, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan. oguratakeshi0411@yahoo.co.jp
Key Words	Endoscopic ultrasound; Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage; Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy; Endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy; Endoscopic ultrasound-guided antegrade stenting; Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage
Core Tip	To date, many case reports, series, and retrospective studies on EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) have been reported. However, because prospective studies and comparisons between the different biliary drainage methods have not been reported, the technical success, functional success, adverse events, and stent patency with long-term follow up of EUS-BD are still unclear. Therefore, prospective, randomized controlled studies addressing these issues are needed. Despite this, EUS-BD undoubtedly is clinically useful. EUS-BD has the potential to be a first-line biliary drainage method instead of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography if results of clinical trials are favorable and the technique is simplified.
Publish Date	2015-01-27 15:33
Citation	Ogura T, Higuchi K. Does endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage really have clinical impact? World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(4): 1049-1052
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i4/1049.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i4.1049

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