Jose Ramon Aparicio
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- DateMay 6, 2023INTRODUCTION: It is unclear whether the insertion of an axis-orienting double-pigtail plastic stent (DPS) through biliary lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) in EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy (CDS) improves the stent patency…
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- DateMay 20, 2024BACKGROUND: Clinically significant portal hypertension (GPVH>10mmHg) is a major cause of decompensation and death in patients with liver cirrhosis. Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) is considered the current gold standard to estimate the portal pressure gradient…
- DateMay 21, 2024ERCP remains the primary approach to choledocolithiasis. 30% of patients who undergo clearance of choledocholitiasis by ERCP without subsequent cholecystectomy will suffer recurrent biliary events…