Imaging of acute pancreatitis requires not only an understanding of the disease subtypes
and the myriad of associated complications but also familiarity with the appropriate …

Background and Aim Metal stents are being used more frequently for transmural endoscopic
drainage of pancreatic fluid collections (PFC) despite lack of data. The present systematic …

Objective Although lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) are increasingly used for drainage
of walled-off necrosis (WON), their advantage over plastic stents is unclear. We compared …

BACKGROUND: Tubular plastic and metal stents have inherent shortcomings when used for
transenteric drainage of fluid collections. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a novel lumen-apposing …

Background and study aims: A novel large-diameter, lumen-apposing, self-expanding metal
stent with bilateral flanges was recently developed for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided …

Background and Aims A lumen-apposing, self-expanding metal stent incorporated in an
electrocautery-enhanced delivery system for EUS-guided drainage of pancreatic fluid …

Results: In benchtop testing, the Axios stent withstood various vector forces of movement, yet
allowed easy removability from the simulated tissue. The stent was successfully deployed …

Background Endoscopic transmural drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts (PPs) by using
double-pigtail (DP) plastic stents requires placement of multiple stents and can be restricted …

Background The purpose of this study is to report our initial experience with a new fully
covered metallic stent with a novel design (AXIOS) to prevent migration and fluid leakage, in …

There is a lack of consensus on how endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided pseudocyst
drainage and endoscopic necrosectomy should be performed. This survey was carried out …