Post written by Andrew C. Storm, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Acute cholecystitis (AC) is a common disease, and while gallbladder removal surgery is one of the most commonly performed operations, some patients are not candidates for surgery. Left untreated, patients with AC can develop gangrene and gallbladder perforation, …
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Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder stent placement in the presence of uncovered biliary metal stents using a through-the-mesh technique
Post written by Kazunari Nakahara, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Marianna University, School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan. We describe a case of a successful endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage (ETGBD) performed through the mesh of previously placed double biliary uncovered self-expandable metal stents (SEMSs) that overlapped the orifice of the cystic …
In “hot” pursuit of an evasive gallbladder
Post written by Lady Katherine Mejia Perez, MD, and Victoria Gomez, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida. We report an interesting case of a 75-year-old woman with decompensated cirrhosis with recurrent calculous cholecystitis who was being managed with an indwelling percutaneous cholecystostomy tube (PCT) due to poor surgical candidacy. …
Single-step EUS-guided stent puncture and delivery
Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh, FRCSEd (Gen) from the Department of Surgery at the Prince of Wales Hospital at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong SAR, China shares this video case from the VideoGIE section "Single-step EUS-guided puncture and delivery of a lumen-apposing stent for gallbladder drainage using a novel cautery-tipped stent delivery system." …
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