title: What is the role of endoscopic ultrasound in palliative drainage of malignant biliary obstruction?
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Endoscopia, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jarbas Faraco Maldonado
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Loureiro
authors.forename: Everson Luiz de Almeida
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Artifon
authors.forename: Elias Jirjoss
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Ilias
mesh_terms: D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000379:methods; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000628:therapy; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods