Safety and efficacy of lumen-apposing metal stents and double-pigtail plastic stents for endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of walled-off necrosis; a systematic …

H Khizar, H Yufei, W Yanhua, C Wangyang… - Annals of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Patients with walled-off necrosis (WON) are still challenging to treat safely and
effectively. Recently, double-pigtail plastic stents (DPS), bi-flanged metallic stents (BFMS) …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of choledochoduodenostomy and hepaticogastrostomy for EUS-guided biliary drainage: a meta-analysis

J Li, J Tang, F Liu, J Fang - Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Although endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-
CDS) or hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS) has emerged as an option for patients of failed …

Safety and efficacy of a novel electrocautery-enhanced lumen-apposing metal stent in interventional EUS procedures (with video)

B Mangiavillano, JH Moon, SF Crinò, A Larghi… - Gastrointestinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and Aims Electrocautery-tip lumen-apposing metal stents (EC-LAMSs) have
extended the indications of therapeutic EUS. We aimed to retrospectively evaluate safety …

Multicenter study of lumen-apposing metal stents with or without pigtail in endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage for malignant obstruction—BAMPI TRIAL: an …

A Garcia-Sumalla, C Loras, V Sanchiz, RP Sanz… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
Background It is unclear whether the insertion of an axis-orienting double-pigtail plastic stent
(DPS) through biliary lumen-apposing meal stent (LAMS) in EUS-guided …

Is a coaxial plastic stent within a lumen-apposing metal stent useful for the management of distal malignant biliary obstruction?

A Garcia-Sumalla, C Loras, C Guarner-Argente… - Surgical …, 2021 - Springer
Background There are uncertainties concerning the possible benefits derived from the
insertion of double-pigtail plastic stents (DPS) within lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) in …

Endoscopic ultrasound guided biliary interventions

G Dell'Anna, T Ogura, G Vanella, H Nishikawa… - Best Practice & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), even in expert hands,
may fail in 5–10% of cases, especially in cases of papillary infiltration, malignant gastric …

[HTML][HTML] Current landscape of therapeutic EUS: Changing paradigms in gastroenterology practice

G Vanella, M Bronswijk, PG Arcidiacono… - Endoscopic …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Therapeutic EUS has witnessed exponential growth in the last decade, but it has been
considered investigational until recently. An increasing body of good-quality evidence is …

[HTML][HTML] Technical review of developments in endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy

T Ogura, K Higuchi - Clinical Endoscopy, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage has been developed as an alternative
method for biliary drainage. EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS) can be attempted …

Endoscopic biliary drainage for malignant distal biliary obstruction: Which is better–endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography or endoscopic ultrasound?

JY Bang, R Hawes, S Varadarajulu - Digestive Endoscopy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Presently, following endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)‐guided biopsy, an endoscopic retrograde
cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with transpapillary stenting is performed for palliation of …

Lumen-apposing metal stents (with videos)

RJ Law, V Chandrasekhara, A Bhatt, JC Bucobo… - Gastrointestinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and Aims Lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMSs) are a novel class of devices
that have expanded the spectrum of endoscopic GI interventions. LAMSs with their dumbbell …