ACR Appropriateness Criteria® percutaneous biliary drainage in benign and malignant biliary obstruction.

GUIDELINE TITLE
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® percutaneous biliary drainage in benign and malignant biliary obstruction.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
Owens CA, Funaki BS, Ray CE Jr, Brown DB, Gemery JM, Greene FL, Kinney TB, Kostelic JK, Lorenz JM, Millward SF, Nemcek AA Jr, Reinhart RD, Rockey DC, Silberzweig JE, Vatakencherry G, Expert Panel on Interventional Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® percutaneous biliary drainage in benign and malignant biliary obstruction. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2008. 7 p. [54 references]

GUIDELINE STATUS
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Van Moore A, Levy JM, Duszak RL, Akins EW, Bakal CW, Denny DF, Martin LG, Pentecost MJ, Roberts AC, Vogelzang RL, Kent KC, Perler BA, Resnick MI, Richie J, Dawson S. Percutaneous biliary drainage in malignant biliary obstruction. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology 2000 Jun;215(Suppl):1055-66. [29 references]

The appropriateness criteria are reviewed annually and updated by the panels as needed, depending on introduction of new and highly significant scientific evidence.

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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® percutaneous biliary drainage in benign and malignant biliary obstruction.