Serious Complications of EUS-Guided Hepaticoesophagostomy due to Transmural Stent Migration.

Case Rep Gastrointest Med

Department of General, Gastroenterological and Oncological Surgery, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.

Published: July 2021

Thoracic complications, such as biliopleural fistula and bile leaking into the right pleural cavity, are serious adverse events of transmural endoscopic ultrasound- (EUS-) guided biliary drainage involving EUS-guided hepaticoesophagostomy (EUS-HES). In this article, the authors present endoscopic treatment of biliopleural fistula as a serious thoracic complication of EUS-HES. The authors highlight key components of EUS-guided transmural biliary drainage and their experience with particular emphasis on endoscopic treatment of thoracic complications.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8352689PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/4639286DOI Listing

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