A wait‐and‐see strategy with subsequent self‐expanding metal stent on demand is superior to prophylactic bypass surgery for unresectable periampullary cancer

ConclusionPatients with unresectable periampullary malignancies can safely be managed with endoscopic drainage on demand and with a lower morbidity and a shorter hospital stay than with a surgical prophylactic bypass.
Source: HPB: official journal of the International Hepato Pancreat Biliary Association - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research