Prospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2023.
World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2023; 15(4): 698-711
Published online Apr 27, 2023. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i4.698
Figure 1
Figure 1 Patient randomization based on the bile duct decompression techniques used in the study. AC: Ampullary cancer; CC: Cholangiocarcinoma; ERBS: Endoscopic retrograde biliary stenting; IETBD: Internal-external transpapillary biliary drainage; IJBED: Internal-external biliary-jejunal drainage; MN: Metastatic nodes; PC: Pancreatic cancer; PTBD: Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage.