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    Interventional procedure overview of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage for biliary obstruction

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    Table 1 Abbreviations

    Abbreviation

    Definition

    CI

    Confidence interval

    DMBO

    Distal malignant biliary obstruction

    EORTC

    European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer

    ERCP

    Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

    ESGE

    European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

    EUS-AGS

    Endoscopic-guided antegrade approach

    EUS-BD

    Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage

    EUS-CDS

    Endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy

    EUS-HGS

    Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy

    EUS-RV

    Endoscopic ultrasound-guided rendezvous technique

    ITT

    Intention to treat

    OR

    Odds ratio

    PTBD

    Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage

    RCT

    Randomised controlled trial