Post written by Suchapa Arayakarnkul, MD, and Rahul Karna, MD, from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Mohammad Bilal, MD, from the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we assessed the outcomes of interval cholecystectomy (CCY) after EUS-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD), with a focus on technical successes, surgical techniques, and procedural safety …
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Peroral cholecystoscopy–guided interventions through a lumen-apposing metal stent after EUS-guided gallbladder drainage: proof-of-concept study in a swine model
Post written by Naminatsu Takahara, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Diagnosing gallbladder neoplasms is challenging because of difficulties in direct visualization and tissue sampling of the tumor. As a result, cholecystectomy is sometimes performed as a diagnostic procedure, but it can result in unnecessary surgery, which …
Efficacy of a novel ultra-tapered endoscopic nasobiliary drainage tube in gallbladder drainage
Post written by Takaoki Hayakawa, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage is an effective treatment for acute cholecystitis in patients who cannot undergo surgery because of adverse events or bleeding tendencies. This video describes the use of a new …
Safety and adverse events of EUS-guided gallbladder drainage using lumen-apposing metal stents and percutaneous cholecystostomy tubes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Post written by Umar Hayat, MD, MPH, from Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. EUS-guided gallbladder drainage using lumen-apposing metal stents (EUS-GBD-LAMSs) and percutaneous cholecystostomy for gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) are the alternative treatment modalities in high-risk surgical patients with acute cholecystitis (AC). This study aimed to compare the safety of these procedures for …
EUS-guided gallbladder drainage using a lumen-apposing metal stent as rescue treatment for malignant distal biliary obstruction: a large multicenter experience
Post written by Cecilia Binda, MD, from the Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Forlì-Cesena Hospitals, AUSL Romagna, Forlì-Cesena, Italy. Our study focused on EUS-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) as an option for jaundice treatment that may be reserved for patients affected by distal malignant biliary obstruction (DMBO) after ERCP failure and EUS-guided biliary drainage (hepaticogastrostomy or choledochoduodenostomy) …
Tips and tricks for endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage
Post written by Jad AbiMansour, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. The video highlights best practices, devices, and techniques for endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage through a series of narrated cases ranging from routine to technically challenging. Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage is an invaluable tool for palliation of acute cholecystitis …
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Transjejunal ERCP, EUS-guided gallbladder drainage, and cholecystoscopy with direct electrohydraulic lithotripsy with large gallstone removal in Roux-en-Y anatomy
Post written by Arjun Chatterjee, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. A 61-year-old man presented with intermittent right-upper-quadrant pain, nausea, and vomiting. A CT scan of his abdomen revealed choledocholithiasis and large cholelithiasis. His medical and surgical history included severe obesity, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, bowel perforation with extensive resection, …
Successful minimally invasive management of adverse events following EUS-guided gallbladder drainage in a suboptimal surgical patient
Post written by Bianca L. Di Cocco, MD, from the Division of Internal Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. In this video case report, we show how endoscopic techniques can be used to treat adverse events during EUS-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GB). The patient was a 44-year-old woman with cholelithiasis …
EUS-guided gallbladder drainage and subsequent peroral endoscopic cholecystolithotomy: A tool to reduce chemotherapy discontinuation in neoplastic patients?
Post written by Giuseppe Vanella, MD, from the Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. In this video case series, we discuss how endoscopic treatment of acute cholecystitis (AC) can improve the management of patients in a multidisciplinary cancer institute. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage …
Comparison of EUS-guided endoscopic transpapillary and percutaneous gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis
Post written by Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh, FRCSEd (Gen), from the Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. The optimal method of gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis in nonsurgical candidates is uncertain. The aim of the current study was to conduct a network meta-analysis comparing …
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