Initial experience with endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage.

Introduction: Patients with acute cholecystitis who are unsuitable for cholecystectomy undergo conservative treatment or percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage. As these two methods are not always successful, further treatment options are needed. One increasingly popular method is endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage (EUSGBD), whereby stents are placed so as to create a permanent fistula connecting the gallbladder to the stomach or the duodenal bulb, thus enabling drainage of its contents to the gastrointestinal tract.

Initial experience with endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty in Poland.

Introduction: Obesity is becoming one of the major public health problems. Bariatric procedures are considered the most effective methods of treating this condition but they are costly and entail a high risk of complications. Thus, there is a need to look for better bariatric treatment solutions.

Initial experience with endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty in Poland.

Introduction: Obesity is becoming one of the major public health problems. Bariatric procedures are considered the most effective methods of treating this condition but they are costly and entail a high risk of complications. Thus, there is a need to look for better bariatric treatment solutions.

Trans-hepatic technique and intraluminal Pulsed Dose Rate (PDR-BT) brachytherapy in treatment of locally advanced bile duct and pancreas cancer.

Purpose: To assess the feasibility of intraluminal palliative Pulsed Dose Rate (PDR-BT) brachytherapy in the treatment of locally advanced bile duct and pancreas cancer.

Material And Methods: Forty-eight patients with advanced bile duct or pancreas cancer, disqualified from surgery or radical external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), were treated with trans-hepatic technique and intraluminal PDR-BT: 29 patients with bile duct cancer and 19 - pancreas cancer. Forty-four patients were treated exclusively with PDR-BT, 4 with PDR-BT and concomitant chemotherapy or surgery.