Optimizing EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy with lumen-apposing metal stents for primary drainage of malignant distal biliary obstruction (SCORPION-IIp): a prospective pilot study

Post written by Roy van Wanrooij, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDS) is increasingly used in management of malignant distal biliary obstruction, not only as a rescue strategy after failed ERCP, but also as the primary drainage strategy. Its growing adaptation is driven …

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Conversion of a dysfunctional choledochoduodenostomy to transpapillary drainage via a trans-lumen-apposing metal stent choledochoduodenoscopy

Post written by Joan B. Gornals, MD, PhD, from the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain. This is a case of a patient with a recurrent biliary obstruction caused by sump syndrome with dysfunctional endoscopic biliary drainage who underwent EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy (8- x 8-mm lumen-apposing metal stent [LAMS] + coaxial 7F x 5-cm pigtail) in a …

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EUS-guided biliary rendezvous as an emergent rescue after failed choledochoduodenostomy using a lumen-apposing metal stent

Post written by Joan B. Gornals, MD, PhD, from the Endoscopy Unit, Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. A 60-year-old man with pancreatic cancer and liver metastases who had been referred previously for biliary drainage was recommended palliative treatment. After a failed ERCP, same-session EUS-guided biliary drainage was …

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