Assessing the benefits of repeated esophagogastroduodenoscopy at a specialized center before gastric and esophageal cancer surgery.

Background: The surgical treatment of gastric and esophageal cancer in Denmark is centralized in four specialized esophagogastric cancer (EGC) centers. Patients are referred after an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) at a secondary healthcare facility. The EGD is repeated at the specialized EGC center before determining a surgical treatment strategy.

Cholangioscopy with Spyglass DS using percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography access: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Conventional peroral methods to visualize biliary strictures are not feasible in some patients with altered anatomy or biliary obstruction, and percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy can be used as an alternative procedure. This study aimed to retrospectively review the use of percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography using the SpyGlass DS technology (S-PTCS) during a 5-year period at a Danish tertiary referral centre.

Materials And Methods: All patients who underwent S-PTCS at a single Danish tertiary referral centre between 2016 and 2021 were retrospectively analyzed.