Percutaneous Transcholecystic Metallic Stent Placement for Malignant Obstruction of the Common Bile Duct: Preliminary Clinical Evaluation

Percutaneous transcholecystic placement of metallic stents is a feasible and effective method to manage malignant obstruction at the lower level of the common bile duct not amenable to surgery when conventional biliary drainage via transhepatic peripheral duct access or ERBD were technically difficult or deemed so at imaging evaluation.