TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of endosonography in drainage of fluid collections and other NOTES procedures
AU - Galasso, Domenico
AU - Voermans, Rogier P.
AU - Fockens, Paul
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Endosonography (EUS) has become the accepted procedure for drainage of pancreatic fluid collections in the past decade. EUS was shown to be safe and effective and it has been the first-line therapy for uncomplicated pseudocysts. Where walled-off pancreatic necrosis was originally thought to be a contraindication for endoscopic treatment, multiple case series have now shown that these fluid collections also can be treated endoscopically with low morbidity and mortality. Analogous to the treatment of pancreatic fluid collections, others, such as abscesses in the lower and upper abdomen, have also been treated successfully, although there is limited literature in this regard, EUS appears to be a useful technique in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) procedures as well. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
AB - Endosonography (EUS) has become the accepted procedure for drainage of pancreatic fluid collections in the past decade. EUS was shown to be safe and effective and it has been the first-line therapy for uncomplicated pseudocysts. Where walled-off pancreatic necrosis was originally thought to be a contraindication for endoscopic treatment, multiple case series have now shown that these fluid collections also can be treated endoscopically with low morbidity and mortality. Analogous to the treatment of pancreatic fluid collections, others, such as abscesses in the lower and upper abdomen, have also been treated successfully, although there is limited literature in this regard, EUS appears to be a useful technique in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) procedures as well. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpg.2009.06.009
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpg.2009.06.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 19744640
SN - 1521-6918
VL - 23
SP - 781
EP - 789
JO - Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology
JF - Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology
IS - 5
ER -