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Gastrointest Endosc
January 2025
2nd Department of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology and Geriatrics, University Hospital Olomouc and Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University Olomouc.
Dig Dis Sci
January 2025
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, 5th Floor Health Sciences Center, Suite 5500, PO Box 9161, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA.
J Gastroenterol Hepatol
January 2025
Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Gastrointest Endosc
January 2025
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.
Background And Aims: Efficacy and safety of EUS-guided placement of lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) has been reported yet advantage of using 15-mm LAMS over 10-mm LAMS yet to be explored.
Methods: International, retrospective, case-matched study of patients with intra-abdominal abscess who underwent EUS-guided drainage with 15-mm (case) and 10-mm (control) LAMS between 03/2019 and 09/2022.
Results: 51 patients underwent EUS-guided drainage using LAMS [15-mm 29 (57%), 10-mm 22 (43%)].
World J Gastroenterol
January 2025
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Campus Virchow/Campus Mitte, Charité Berlin, Berlin 10117, Germany.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is considered the gold standard for treating benign and malignant biliary obstructions. However, its use in complex biliary obstructions is limited. Over the past decades, therapeutic endosonography (EUS) and emerging technologies such as lumen-apposing metal stents have enabled endoscopic treatment of conditions previously requiring non-endoscopic or surgical approaches.
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