Ultrasound guided stenting

Ultrasound guided stenting.

Intracoronary ultrasound-guided stenting: is it really beneficial?

Dear Editor, We would like to congratulate the authors of the study: “Intracoronary ultrasound-guided stenting improves outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomized trials”1 and make the following comments: 1. There is significant heterogeneity among the metaanalysis studies, which includes both studies with provisional stenting technique, now in disuse, as well as a study with drug-eluting stent. T...

Endoscopic ultrasound guided transgastric stenting of traumatic pancreatic pseudocyst.

CONTEXT Although there exists multiple modalities of managing traumatic pancreatic pseudocysts it remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report herein a case that was successfully managed by endoscopic ultrasound guided transgastric stent placement. CASE REPORT A 28-year-old female jockey presented with abdominal pain after being kicked by a horse. Computerised tomography and magn...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic duct drainage using antegrade stenting.

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided pancreatic duct access in patients with an inaccessible papilla or failed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has been reported previously [1, 2]. This technique consists of the EUSguided rendezvous technique, and EUSguided pancreatic duct stenting via the stomach (pancreaticogastrostomy), or the duodenum (pancreaticoduodenostomy) [2]. Howeve...

Impact of intravascular ultrasound-guided stenting on long-term clinical outcome: a meta-analysis of available studies comparing intravascular ultrasound-guided and angiographically guided stenting.

To date, only a few studies have compared the clinical efficacy of intracoronary ultrasound (IVUS)-guided to angiographically guided stenting. Furthermore, it is not yet known whether the lower restenosis rate shown with the former strategy would translate into a substantial clinical advantage. Therefore, the aim of the present investigation was to improve the level of evidence of these studies...