Interventional procedures being developed for therapeutic use of EUS include EUS-guided drainage/ anastomosis, and EUS-guided fine needle injection. EUS-guided drainage is applied for pancreatic ...

Researchers report that in patients with pseudocysts with viscous debris-laden fluid, endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage by using a combination of a nasocystic drain and transmural stents improves ...

An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a procedure that lets a doctor diagnose and treat problems with your bile and pancreatic ducts. The ERCP procedure uses a combination of ...

The role of microbiological analysis of bile from patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is unclear. Although the majority of such patients have positive cultures, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Success rates were similar between patients who had coaxial double pigtail plastic stent placement for drainage ...

Biliary obstruction involves blockage of any duct that carries bile from the liver to the gallbladder or from the gallbladder to the small intestine. It may have benign or malignant causes, and can ...

Researchers report that in patients with pseudocysts with viscous debris-laden fluid, endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage by using a combination of a nasocystic drain and transmural stents improves ...

Evidence on the safety and efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS‑BD) for biliary obstruction caused by distal malignant disease is adequate to support using this procedure.