Indications and techniques of biliary drainage for acute cholangitis in updated Tokyo Guidelines 2018

Shuntaro Mukai; Takao Itoi; Todd H Baron; Tadahiro Takada; Steven M Strasberg; Henry A Pitt; Tomohiko Ukai; Satoru Shikata; Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh; Myung-Hwan Kim; Seiki Kiriyama; Yasuhisa Mori; Fumihiko Miura; Miin-Fu Chen; Wan Yee Lau; Keita Wada; Avinash Nivritti Supe; Mariano Eduardo Giménez; Masahiro Yoshida; Toshihiko Mayumi; Koichi Hirata; Yoshinobu Sumiyama; Kazuo Inui; Masakazu Yamamoto

doi:10.1002/jhbp.496

Indications and techniques of biliary drainage for acute cholangitis in updated Tokyo Guidelines 2018

J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2017 Oct;24(10):537-549. doi: 10.1002/jhbp.496. Epub 2017 Oct 5.

Authors

Shuntaro Mukai¹, Takao Itoi¹, Todd H Baron², Tadahiro Takada³, Steven M Strasberg⁴, Henry A Pitt⁵, Tomohiko Ukai⁶, Satoru Shikata⁷, Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh⁸, Myung-Hwan Kim⁹, Seiki Kiriyama¹⁰, Yasuhisa Mori¹¹, Fumihiko Miura³, Miin-Fu Chen¹², Wan Yee Lau¹³, Keita Wada³, Avinash Nivritti Supe¹⁴, Mariano Eduardo Giménez¹⁵, Masahiro Yoshida¹⁶, Toshihiko Mayumi¹⁷, Koichi Hirata¹⁸, Yoshinobu Sumiyama¹⁹, Kazuo Inui²⁰, Masakazu Yamamoto²¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Section of HPB Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
⁵ Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁶ Department of Family Medicine, Mie Prefectural Ichishi Hospital, Mie, Japan.
⁷ Director, Mie Prefectural Ichishi Hospital, Mie, Japan.
⁸ Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
⁹ Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
¹⁰ Department of Gastroenterology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
¹¹ Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
¹² Division of General Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
¹³ Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
¹⁴ Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Seth G S Medical College and K E M Hospital, Mumbai, India.
¹⁵ Chair of General Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery "Taquini", University of Buenos Aires, Argentina DAICIM Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
¹⁶ Department of Hemodialysis and Surgery, Chemotherapy Research Institute, International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan.
¹⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan.
¹⁸ Department of Surgery, JR Sapporo Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
¹⁹ Director, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan.
²⁰ Department of Gastroenterology, Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan.
²¹ Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 28834389
DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.496

Abstract

The Tokyo Guidelines 2013 (TG13) include new topics in the biliary drainage section. From these topics, we describe the indications and new techniques of biliary drainage for acute cholangitis with videos. Recently, many novel studies and case series have been published across the world, thus TG13 need to be updated regarding the indications and selection of biliary drainage based on published data. Herein, we describe the latest updated TG13 on biliary drainage in acute cholangitis with meta-analysis. The present study showed that endoscopic transpapillary biliary drainage regardless of the use of nasobiliary drainage or biliary stenting, should be selected as the first-line therapy for acute cholangitis. In acute cholangitis, endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) is not routinely required for biliary drainage alone because of the concern of post-EST bleeding. In case of concomitant bile duct stones, stone removal following EST at a single session may be considered in patients with mild or moderate acute cholangitis except in patients under anticoagulant therapy or with coagulopathy. We recommend the removal of difficult stones at two sessions after drainage in patients with a large stone or multiple stones. In patients with potential coagulopathy, endoscopic papillary dilation can be a better technique than EST for stone removal. Presently, balloon enteroscopy-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (BE-ERCP) is used as the first-line therapy for biliary drainage in patients with surgically altered anatomy where BE-ERCP expertise is present. However, the technical success rate is not always high. Thus, several studies have revealed that endoscopic ultrasonography-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) can be one of the second-line therapies in failed BE-ERCP as an alternative to percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage where EUS-BD expertise is present.

Keywords: Cholangitis; Drainage; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic sphincterotomy; Gallstones.

Publication types

Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / methods*
Cholangitis / diagnostic imaging
Cholangitis / surgery*
Drainage / methods*
Endosonography / methods
Female
Humans
Male
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Prognosis
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Stents
Treatment Outcome