Multicenter study on endoscopic ultrasound‐guided expandable biliary metal stent placement: Choice of access route, direction of stent insertion, and drainage route

EUS-BD can be carried out with high success rates regardless of the choice of access route, stent direction or drainage route. However, complications are significantly higher with transhepatic access. The transduodenal route should be chosen for EUS-guided and rendezvous stent placements, when both routes are available.