No. of patients [%] [n = 85] Endoscopic Percutaneous P value SEMS [%] SEMS [%] [n = 44] [n = 41] Successful 72 [84.7] 34 [77.3] 38 [92.7] 0.049 palliation of cholestasis Procedure- related 26 [30.6] 13 [29.5] 13 [31.7] 13 [31.7] complication Cholangitis 22 [25.9] 13 [29.5] 9 [22.0] 0.424 Pancreatitis 2 [2.4] 0   0.138 Bleeding 2 [2.4] 0   0.138 Procedure-related 1 [1.2] 1 [2.3] 0 0.229 mortality

Table 1: [by Paik WH et al. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2009] Initial clinical outcomes after biliary decompression by biliary drainage procedure [long-term clinical outcomes in 72 patients who underwent initial successful biliary decompression and in all 85 enrolled patients] SEMS: selfexpandable metal stent.