Safety and effectiveness of consecutive 191 endoscopic ultrasonography-guided biliary drainage procedures: a single-center experience.

<b>Introduction:</b> The development of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has enabled extra-anatomical transmural access to the bile ducts, thus making it possible to perform endoscopic biliary anastomoses with the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and obtain extra-anatomical transpapillary access. EUS provides an alternative to the existing methods of biliary drainage (BD) for cases in which endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is ineffective.<b>Aim:</b> This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of extraanatomical endoscopic biliary access methods for the treatment of benign and malignant biliary strictures.

The Oswestry Disability Index is not a good measure for low back pain in adolescents: A Rasch analysis of data from 200 people.

Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the modified Oswestry Disability Index in adolescents with low back pain through Rasch analysis.

Design: This is a psychometric study.

Setting: Physical therapy clinics of a large pediatric hospital in Columbus, Ohio (United States).

Endoscopic pancreatogastric anastomosis in the treatment of symptoms associated with inflammatory diseases of the pancreas.

Background: The outflow of pancreatic juice into the duodenum is often impaired in pancreatic inflammatory diseases. The basis of interventional treatment in these cases is anatomical transpapillary access of the main pancreatic duct during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), which ensures the physiological outflow of pancreatic juice into the lumen of the digestive tract. However, in some patients, anatomical changes prevent transpapillary drainage of the main pancreatic duct.