Biliary Drainage Method and Temporal Trends in Patients Admitted with Cholangitis: A National Audit

Julia McNabb-Baltar; Quoc-Dien Trinh; Alan N Barkun

doi:10.1155/2013/175143

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2013)

Biliary Drainage Method and Temporal Trends in Patients Admitted with Cholangitis: A National Audit

Julia McNabb-Baltar,
Quoc-Dien Trinh,
Alan N Barkun

Affiliations

Julia McNabb-Baltar: Divison of Gastroenterology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Quoc-Dien Trinh: Department of Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Alan N Barkun: Divison of Gastroenterology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/175143
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27, no. 9
pp. 513 – 518

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: In patients presenting with ascending cholangitis, better outcomes are reported in those undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) compared with surgical drainage.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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