Avoiding the tube: ERCP and EUS approaches to gallbladder drainage as alternatives to percutaneous cholecystostomy in patients with cholecystitis
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Transgastric endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis.
patients with a covered metallic stent (CMS) placed in the bile duct [1,2]. Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage, which involves an external drainage tube, decreases the ability of the patient to carry out their normal daily activities. Recently, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)guided drainage has been employed successfully for hepatogastrostomy, bilioduodenostomy, and pancreatogastrostomy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0016-5107
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2018.09.010