Clinical and cost effectiveness of endoscopic bipolar radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of malignant biliary obstruction: a systematic review

Fiona Beyer ¹, Stephen Rice ¹, Giovany Orozco-Leal ¹, Madeleine Still ¹, Hannah O’Keefe ¹, Nicole O’Connor ¹, Akvile Stoniute ¹, Dawn Craig ¹, Stephen Pereira ², Louise Carr ³, John Leeds ^1,^3,^*

¹ Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
² Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, University College London, London, UK
³ Department of Gastroenterology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: j.leeds@nhs.net

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