Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3254578 | Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology | 2009 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Endosonography (EUS) has become the accepted procedure for drainage of pancreatic fluid collections in the past decade. EUS was shown to be safe and effective and it has been the first-line therapy for uncomplicated pseudocysts. Where walled-off pancreatic necrosis was originally thought to be a contraindication for endoscopic treatment, multiple case series have now shown that these fluid collections also can be treated endoscopically with low morbidity and mortality. Analogous to the treatment of pancreatic fluid collections, others, such as abscesses in the lower and upper abdomen, have also been treated successfully, although there is limited literature in this regard, EUS appears to be a useful technique in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) procedures as well.
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Authors
Domenico MD, Rogier P. MD, Paul (Professor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy),