Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided biliary drainage via either gastrohepatostomy or choledochoduodenostomy are accepted and widespread procedures when endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) fails. EUS guidewire insertion through a 19-G needle into a dilated biliary system is usually a straightforward maneuver. The drainage difficulty begins when the enterobiliary tract has to be ...

A ureteroiliac vein fistula was then diagnosed. Placement of an 8-F 24-cm double-J stent (Flexima ureteral stent; Boston Scientific) was successfully performed after the ureterogram was obtained. The ureteroiliac vein fistula was treated by inserting a 13-mm 5-cm fully covered VIABAHN stent-graft (W.L. Gore and Associates, Flagstaff, Arizona) into the right common iliac vein in the supine posit...

AIM: to assess results of balloon dilatation (BD) and electric destruction (ED) for strictures colorectal anastomoses. PATIENTS AND METHODS: the prospective cohort study included 69 patients with anastomotic strictures. Thirty-two them underwent endoscopic dilatation, 37 — scar tissue using a spherical monopolar electrode. RESULTS: recurrence rate stricture in BD group was 3 times higher than a...

Hemorrhage from ruptured pseudoaneurysm is a rapidly progressing and potentially fatal complication after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Stent graft placement for hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm has recently been reported as a valid alternative to transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE). We report a case of pseudoaneurysm of the common hepatic artery (CHA) with distal arterial stenosis treated b...

Recently, balloon enteroscopy has made possible the use of endoscopic approaches to the surgically reconstructed intestine [1–4], so that hepaticojejunostomy strictures can be treated endoscopically. We describe the successful endoscopic dilation of a severe hepaticojejunostomy stricture with a wire-guided diathermic dilator (6-Fr, 180-cm Cysto-Gastro-Set; Endo-flex, Voerde, Germany) (●" Fig.1)...

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