A meta-analysis of the effectiveness and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy employing electrocautery-enhanced lumen-apposing metal stents for biliary drainage after failed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Endoscopic ultrasound-biliary drainage and choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDD) are increasingly being used as alternative procedures for biliary drainage in patients in whom endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography fails. Novel electrocautery-enhanced lumen-apposing metal stents (EC-LAMS) are expected to be widely used for EUS-CDD. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the technical and clinical success of EUS-CDD using EC-LAMS.

Methods

We performed a comprehensive search of several databases from inception to May 2022 to search for relevant studies on the effectiveness and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage using EC-LAMS. The pooled rates of technical success, clinical success, and early and late adverse events wer

SUBMITTER: Ibnawadh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12018532 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature