Post written by Theodore W. James, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. We evaluated the use of EUS-guided gastroenteric anastomoses for patients with benign gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). We wanted to see if patients were able to successfully avoid surgery using this method. We …
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EUS-guided duodenojejunostomy by use of a 2-cm LAMS to treat proximal jejunal stricture in a patient with chronic pancreatitis
Post written by Michael Lajin, MD, from the Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa, California, USA. A 26-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of nausea and vomiting. His medical history was significant for recurrent pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia, infected walled-off necrosis requiring cystogastrostomy, splenic vein thrombosis resulting in severe portal hypertensive gastropathy, and large gastric …
Initial clinical experience of a steerable access device for EUS-guided biliary drainage
Post written by Vivek Kumbhari, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) is an accepted method to treat biliary pathology in those that have failed ERCP. A recent consensus statement recommended that of the 4 major EUS-BD techniques, EUS-guided rendezvous should be the …
Comparison between fine-needle biopsy and fine-needle aspiration for EUS-guided sampling of subepithelial lesions
Post written by Antonio Facciorusso, MD, PhD, from the Gastroenterology Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) fine-needle aspiration (FNA) did not prove to outperform bite-on-bite biopsy in patients with subepithelial lesions (SELs) showing a pooled diagnostic yield as high as 60%. Based on this evidence, current guidelines recommend EUS-guided sampling only in …
Utility of EUS elastography in the diagnosis of gastric subepithelial tumors: a pilot study
Post written by In Kyung Yoo, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Cha Bundang Medical Center, Cha University College of Medicine, Seongnam-si, Korea. EUS elastography is a real-time imaging technique that displays the tissue elasticity differences between diseased and normal tissues on the conventional B-mode ultrasound images. It analyzes the degree of tissue deformation …
On-site stereomicroscope quality evaluations to estimate white core cutoff lengths using EUS-FNA biopsy sampling
Post written by Kosuke Okuwaki, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. The primary aim of this prospective exploratory study was to use stereomicroscopy to estimate the stereomicroscopically visible white core (SVWC) cutoff length required for the pathological diagnosis of samples obtained using 22-gauge needles. Rapid on-site cytologic …
Transpapillary nasocystic tube placement to allow gallbladder distention for EUS-guided cholecystoduodenostomy
Post written by Theodore W. James, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. We describe a 39-year-old woman with a history of Crohn’s disease and multiple bowel resections who presented with 2.5 months of right upper-quadrant pain and found to have multiple gallstones and cystic …
Comparative accuracy of needle sizes and designs for EUS tissue sampling of solid pancreatic masses
Post written by Antonio Facciorusso, MD, PhD, from the Endoscopy Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. EUS-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) for cytology through fine-needle aspiration (FNA) or fine-needle biopsy (FNB) using specialized core needles has become a central technique in the assessment of pancreatic masses. The most important pitfall associated with this procedure is a …
Endoscopic unroofing drainage with a needle-knife for gastric wall abscess
Post written by Yusuke Hashimoto, MD, from the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan. This case describes a 68-year-old diabetic woman was referred for evaluation of a pancreatic tail mass (maximum diameter, 3.2 cm). To obtain specimens for histologic examination before neoadjuvant chemotherapy, transgastric EUS-FNA was performed with …
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EUS-guided enterocolostomy for palliation of malignant distal small-bowel obstruction
Post written by Shelini Sooklal, MD, and Anand Kumar, MD, MPH, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Our video case describes the implementation of a therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) technique to provide palliative relief of recurrent small bowel obstruction in a patient with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon …
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