Post written by Shailendra Singh, MD, and Ethan M. Cohen, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. We present a case of a 63-year-old woman who underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure) for a rapidly expanding pancreatic head mass. Three years after the surgery, she developed severe persistent nausea and bilious emesis because …
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Upside down in WONderland: EUS-guided upward insertion of a lumen-apposing metal stent via the third portion of the duodenum
Post written by Rintaro Fukuda, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Yousuke Nakai, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, and the Department of Endoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Tomotaka Saito, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate …
Retrograde EUS-guided ileocolostomy for malignant small-bowel obstruction
Post written by Michael Lajin, MD, from Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, California, USA. A 64-year-old woman with a history of perforated goblet cell carcinoid tumor of the appendix underwent extensive cytoreductive surgery with heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy 5 years prior. She had a recent small-bowel obstruction requiring exploratory laparotomy with extensive lysis of adhesions and resection of …
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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 …
Migrated lumen-apposing stent trapped within a pancreatic fluid collection: Forward-view EUS for the rescue!
Post written by Pradev Inavolu, MD, DM, Wladyslaw Januszewicz, MD, PhD, and Sundeep Lakhtakia, MD, DM, from AIG Hospitals and Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. We encountered a case of maldeployment of a lumen-apposing mental stent (LAMS) into the pseudocyst cavity with loss of access. Typically, such an adverse event necessitates a surgical intervention …
EUS-guided gastroenterostomy using a novel through-the-scope exchangeable dual-balloon enteroclysis catheter: a potentially secure and scalable approach
Post written by Yen-I Chen, MD, MSc, and Ali Bessissow, MD, from McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Our video illustrates the use of a novel through-the-scope exchangeable dual-balloon catheter (DUBX, Naja; Chess Medical, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) to assist EUS-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) in malignant gastric outlet obstruction. Our case shows the streamline through-the-scope insertion of …
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 …
Complete intraperitoneal maldeployment of a lumen-apposing metal stent during EUS-guided gastroenteroanastomosis for malignant gastric outlet obstruction: rescue retrieval with peritoneoscopy through natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
Post written by Ilaria Tarantino, MD, from the Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, IRCCS–ISMETT, and Giacomo Emanuele Maria Rizzo, MD, from the Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, IRCCS–ISMETT, and the Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences (Di.Chir.On.S.), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. A 75-year-old woman with malignant gastric outlet …
EUS-guided drainage of a segment VI liver abscess using a lumen-apposing metal stent
Post written by Carlos Robles-Medranda, MD, from the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas (IECED), Guayaquil, Ecuador. We present a case study of an unilocular collection in the sixth segment of the liver that persisted after treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. Because of comorbidities, full-dose anticoagulation, and high cardiovascular, surgical, and bleeding risks of percutaneous drainage, the …
Endoscopic lithotripsy of a gallstone impacted in lumen-apposing metal stent positioned for cholecysto-gastrostomy
Post written by Mauro Manno, MD, from the Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Azienda USL Modena, Carpi, Italy. EUS-guided gallbladder drainage with a lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) is a viable treatment option for acute cholecystitis and an alternative to cholecystectomy in patients at high risk for surgery. However, recurrent acute cholecystitis with stone impaction in the LAMS can …