Obesity is one of the most significant health problems worldwide. Bariatric surgery has
become one of the fastest growing operative procedures and has gained acceptance as the …

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with surgically altered
anatomy must be performed by a highly experienced endoscopist. The challenges are …

MR1 ESGE recommends small-bowel capsule endoscopy as the first-line examination,
before consideration of other endoscopic and radiological diagnostic tests for suspected …

Objectives Interventional endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) procedures are gaining
popularity and the most commonly performed procedures include EUS-guided drainage of …

Background and Aims ERCP is challenging in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
(RYGB) anatomy. EUS-guided gastrogastrostomy (GG) creation is a promising novel …

Methods Based on literature search through MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and Embase, a
planning panel (WCL, PA, HI, RR, HPW) drafted statements on 3 areas: difficult biliary …

Both endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDS) and
EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS) are relatively well established as alternatives …

Background and Aims Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in
patients with surgically altered anatomy is still challenging. Usefulness of single‐balloon …

Benign biliary strictures (BBSs) may form from chronic inflammatory pancreaticobiliary
pathologies, postoperative bile-duct injury, or at biliary anastomoses following liver …

Choledocholithiasis occurs in up to approximately 20% of patients with cholelithiasis. A
majority of stones form in the gallbladder and then pass into the common bile duct, where …