Outcomes of preoperative endoscopic nasobiliary drainage and endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage for malignant distal biliary obstruction prior to pancreaticoduodenectomy
Guo-Qiang Zhang, Yong Li, Yu-Ping Ren, Nan-Tao Fu, Hai-Bing Chen, Jun-Wu Yang, Wei-Dong Xiao
Guo-Qiang Zhang, Yong Li, Yu-Ping Ren, Nan-Tao Fu, Hai-Bing Chen, Jun-Wu Yang, Wei-Dong Xiao, Department of General Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
Author contributions: Zhang GQ and Li Y designed the research; Zhang GQ analyzed the data and drafted the article; Li Y interpreted the data, revised the article and finally approved the version of the manuscript; Ren YP, Fu NT, Chen HB and Yang JW collected the data; Xiao WD assisted in drafting the article; all authors had approved the article to be published.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest related to this report.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Yong Li, MD, Professor, Department of General Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No. 17, Yongwai Zhengjie, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China. yfyly@163.com
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Received: March 20, 2017
Peer-review started: March 23, 2017
First decision: April 21, 2017
Revised: May 3, 2017
Accepted: June 19, 2017
Article in press: June 19, 2017
Published online: August 7, 2017