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

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) was originally devised as a novel diagnostic technique to
enable endoscopists to stage malignancies and acquire tissue. However, it rapidly …

Abstract Background and Aims Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided hepaticogastrostomy
(HGS) may be a feasible and useful alternative in patients with malignant biliary obstruction …

Background and study aims Lumen-apposing stents (LAMS) are approved to treat
peripancreatic collections and for gallbladder and bile duct drainage. Over the last years …

Some EUS-guided interventions have sparse published evidence with only single-centre
studies, case series or individual case reports, others like drainage of peripancreatic fluid …

Introduction Cholecystectomy is the preferred option for symptomatic gallstones. Gallbladder-
preserving cholecystolithotomy (GPC) is proposed to satisfy the specific surgical patients …

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the mainstay procedure of
choice for management of obstructive biliary disease. While ERCP is widely performed with …

This review gives an overview of different techniques in the treatment of post-acute
complications of acute pancreatitis. The endoscopic treatment of those complications is …

EUS-guided anastomoses with LAMS have emerged as a therapeutic option for patients
with obstruction of the digestive tract. However, the long-term permeability of these …

Purpose: Electrocautery-enhanced lumen-apposing stents (EC-LAMS) were originally
designed for the drainage of the gallbladder, bile duct, and pancreas pseudocysts …