Biliary drainage techniques are essential for managing malignant biliary obstruction, a condition often caused by cancers such as pancreatic or cholangiocarcinoma. These techniques aim to relieve ...

In the largest prospective series with 64 patients, [68] subjects were classified into three groups based on the timing of symptomatic obstruction: biliary first (group 1), simultaneous biliary ...

Compared with conventional endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), MRCP showed acceptable sensitivity and specificity in distinguishing malignant biliary obstruction from benign causes.