A 44 year old man with a long history of alcohol abuse developed progressive dysphagia. Radiological investigation revealed a pancreatic pseudocyst. Following percutaneous drainage the dysphagia resolved.

BACKGROUND Psoas abscess is a rare condition consisting of pyomyositis of the psoas. The worldwide incidence was 12 cases per 100,000 per year in 1992, but the current incidence is unknown. Psoas abscess can descend along the psoas sheath and reach the inner upper third of the thigh, but only infrequently does it penetrate the sheath and involve the thigh adductors. Because of insidious clinica...

BACKGROUND In approximately 20% of patients, necrotizing pancreatitis is complicated with severe acute pancreatitis, with high morbidity and mortality rates. Minimally invasive step-up approach is both safe and effective, but sometimes requires multiple access sites. METHODS A 62-year-old woman was admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis, and initial computed tomography (CT) revealed no evidence ...

BACKGROUND Previous studies suggest that elective colectomy is often required after an episode of acute diverticulitis. HYPOTHESIS Acute diverticulitis initially treated nonoperatively does not require elective colectomy. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Twelve Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Southern California. PATIENTS Three thousand one hundred sixty-five patients with acut...

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is widely accepted and effective treatment modality for renal stone disease. When compared with other surgical interventions such as open renal surgery, percutaneous nephrolithotomy has lower morbidity and postoperative patient discomfort, so percutaneous nephrolithotomy mostly replaced open surgery in most of the urology clinics in Turkey and worldwide. In this rev...

Biliary leaks are uncommon but morbid complications of pancreaticoduodenectomies, which have historically been managed with percutaneous drainage, reoperation, or a combination of both. We report a de novo percutaneous-endoscopic hepaticojejunostomy from an anomalous right hepatic duct injured during pancreaticoduodenectomy to the afferent bowel limb. The percutaneous-endoscopic hepaticojejunos...

Twenty-four pyogenic liver abscesses have been treated during a six-year period percutaneously. Percutaneous management included percutaneous drainage and fine needle aspiration under ultrasound or CT scan guidance. Percutaneous management was successful in 92% of cases, and no further treatment was required in 91% of these. One patient died, giving a mortality rate of 4.1%. There were no compl...

S29 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND / VOLUME 6 / SUPPLEMENT 1 / AUGUST 2017 Noble Gatro Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided pelvic abscess drainage though uncommon modality for definite treatment of pelvic abscess is an effective method of treatment for pelvic abscess due to its proximity to rectal wall. We performed drainage of pelvic abscess in a 65-year-old male with...

S29 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND / VOLUME 6 / SUPPLEMENT 1 / AUGUST 2017 Noble Gatro Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided pelvic abscess drainage though uncommon modality for definite treatment of pelvic abscess is an effective method of treatment for pelvic abscess due to its proximity to rectal wall. We performed drainage of pelvic abscess in a 65-year-old male with...

S29 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND / VOLUME 6 / SUPPLEMENT 1 / AUGUST 2017 Noble Gatro Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided pelvic abscess drainage though uncommon modality for definite treatment of pelvic abscess is an effective method of treatment for pelvic abscess due to its proximity to rectal wall. We performed drainage of pelvic abscess in a 65-year-old male with...