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

Since the publication of the Tokyo Guidelines in 2007 and their revision in 2013, appropriate
management for acute cholecystitis has been more clearly established. Since the last …

1 ESGE recommends the use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD)
over percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) after failed endoscopic retrograde …

Background Acute calculus cholecystitis (ACC) has a high incidence in the general
population. The presence of several areas of uncertainty, along with the availability of new …

Background & Aims Acute cholecystitis in patients who are not candidates for surgery is
often managed with percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PT-GBD). Endoscopic …

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gall bladder drainage (EUS-GBD) has been shown to be
comparable with percutaneous gall bladder drainage (PTGBD) in terms of technical …

Background and study aim There are no data comparing endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-
guided gallbladder drainage (EGBD) with percutaneous cholecystostomy as a treatment for …

Background and Aims In high-risk surgical patients, the treatment of choice of acute
cholecystitis is percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD). Recently, a novel …

Background Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transmural stenting for gallbladder drainage is
an emerging alternative for the treatment of acute cholecystitis in high-risk surgical patients …

Background Recent evidence suggests that endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder
drainage (EUS-GBD) is an effective and safe alternative to percutaneous drainage (PT …