Drainage of obstructed gallbladder with LAMS

Benjamin Tharian, MD, MRCP (UK), FRACP, from the Center for Interventional Endoscopy, Florida Hospital, in Orlando, Florida, USA shares this VideoGIE, “Drainage of obstructed gallbladder with use of lumen-apposing metal stent.” We demonstrate the technique of EUS-guided fine needle aspiration of a gallbladder mass and drainage of a symptomatic obstructed gallbladder (from invasive cancer), as …

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Editor’s Choice: Endoscopic vs percutaneous gallbladder drainage

Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Michael Wallace highlights this article from the December issue, "Endoscopic gallbladder drainage compared with percutaneous drainage" by Prashant Kedia, MD, Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MSc, Nikhil A. Kumta, MD, et al. Gallbladder disease is a very common condition throughout the world. It is currently managed by surgery and occasionally with percutaneous drainage in …

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