1 ESGE recommends a prolonged course of a prophylactic broad-spectrum antibiotic in
patients with ascites who are undergoing therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) …

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Multiple meta-analyses have evaluated the technical and
clinical success of Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided biliary drainage (BD), but those …

Abstract Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), even in expert hands,
may fail in 5–10% of cases, especially in cases of papillary infiltration, malignant gastric …

Various efforts to improve technical success rates and decrease adverse event rates have
also been described in endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)‐guided choledochoduodenostomy …

EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) has recently gained widespread acceptance as a
minimally invasive alternative method for biliary drainage. Even in experienced endoscopy …

Currently, endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS) is widely
performed worldwide for various benign and malignant biliary diseases in cases of difficult …

Sclerosing cholangitis (SC) represents a spectrum of chronic progressive cholestatic
diseases of the intrahepatic and/or extrahepatic biliary system characterized by patchy …

Background Recently, endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS)
procedures have been gradually established; nonetheless, some adverse events (AEs) …

Background In endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), reduction of
pressure inside of the bile duct by bile aspiration is a well-known method to lower the rate of …

Background and aims Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-
HGS) is often performed using a single guidewire (SGW), but the efficacy of the double …