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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2444-6483</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Endoscopia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Endoscopia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2444-6483</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Mexicana de Endoscopia Gastrointestinal A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2444-64832020000200055</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/end.m20000179</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Tratamiento endoscópico de la obstrucción biliar en cáncer de páncreas no resecable]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Endoscopic treatment of biliary obstruction in unresectable pancreatic cancer]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tepox-Padrón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandra]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Téllez-Ávila]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Félix I.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Dr. Salvador Zubirán Departamento de Endoscopia Gastrointestinal ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>32</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>55</fpage>
<lpage>61</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2444-64832020000200055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2444-64832020000200055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2444-64832020000200055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El cáncer de páncreas es un problema mundial de salud. La mayoría de los pacientes al diagnóstico no son candidatos a tratamiento curativo, por lo que finalmente desarrollarán complicaciones como la obstrucción biliar y requerirán tratamiento paliativo. Actualmente la endoscopia es la piedra angular del tratamiento de la obstrucción biliar maligna, debido a que se asocia a menor morbilidad comparada con el drenaje percutáneo y la cirugía. El drenaje biliar por colangiopancreatografía retrógrada endoscópica (CPRE) mediante prótesis metálicas autoexpandibles debe considerarse la primera opción de tratamiento. En casos en los que la CPRE falla, se deberá preferir el drenaje biliar guiado por ultrasonido endoscópico (DB-USE) como tratamiento de rescate. A pesar de que existe cada vez más evidencia de que el DB-USE puede sustituir a la CPRE como tratamiento inicial en estos pacientes, aún se necesitan más estudios.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Pancreatic cancer is a worldwide health problem. At diagnosis, most of them are not suitable for curative treatment, so they will eventually develop complications such as biliary obstruction, therefore they will require palliative treatment. Endoscopy currently forms the cornerstone in the treatment of malignant biliary obstruction, due to its lower morbidity compared with both percutaneous drainage and surgery. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) biliary drainage by using self-expandable metal stent should be considered the first-line treatment. In patients with failed ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) ought to be the preferred rescue therapy. Although there is increasing evidence that EUS-BD can replace ERCP for the primary treatment of unresectable pancreatic cancer, further studies are needed.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Colangiopancreatografía retrógrada endoscópica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ultrasonido endoscópico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cáncer de páncreas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Obstrucción biliar maligna]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Endoscopic ultrasound]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pancreatic cancer]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Malignant biliary obstruction]]></kwd>
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