PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC OR ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED BILIARY DRAINAGE IN MALIGNANT DISTAL BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION USING A SELF-EXPANDING METAL STENT: STUDY PROTOCOL FOR A PROSPECTIVE EUROPEAN MULTICENTER TRIAL (PUMA TRIAL).

BackgroundEndoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) was associated with better clinical success and a lower rate of adverse events (AEs) than fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) in recent single center studies with mainly retrospective design and small case numbers (MethodsThe study is designed as a non

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With the availability to high-accuracy a priori zenith wet delay (ZWD) data, the positioning efficiency of the precise point positioning (PPP) processing can be effectively improved, including accelerating the convergence time and improving the positioning precision, in ground-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology.Considering t

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