Mamoru Takenaka

BACKGROUND: Around 15% of acute pancreatitis patients develop necrosis of the pancreatic/peri-pancreatic tissue resulting in necrotic debris surrounded by a wall of granulation tissue called “walled-off pancreas necrosis” (WON)…

INTRODUCTION: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided transmural drainage with on-demand endoscopic necrosectomy is increasingly utilized to manage walled-off necrosis (WON) but has been associated with substantial morbidity and mortality…

BACKGROUND/AIM: Several types of adverse events are caused by endoscopic placement of self-expandable metal stents for malignant distal biliary obstruction (MDBO) caused by pancreatic cancer (MDBO)…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided ethanol injection (EI) has recently been introduced as one of the management methods against pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PNENs)…