Marco Bruno

This session presents the best submitted clinical abstracts as determined by their specific council sections…

SOCIETY: ASGE

BACKGROUND Chronic pancreatitis (CP) may severely impact quality of life (QoL). Since CP is a chronic condition, multiple assessments of QoL are required to obtain a thorough understanding of its impact on patients. Such studies are currently lacking…

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Despite extensive cleaning and disinfection protocols, 5-15% of ready-to-use duodenoscopes are still contaminated with high concern (HC) microorganisms such as _Klebsiella pneumoniae_, _Escherichia coli_ and _Pseudomonas aeruginosa_…

BACKGROUND: The use of contaminated duodenoscopes in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has caused numerous healthcare-associated infection outbreaks. Despite adherence to reprocessing protocols, duodenoscopes often remain contaminated…

The management of Mirizzi syndrome has been primarily surgical, ranging from cholecystectomy to en-bloc resection with hepatico-jejunostomy for advanced Csendes III and IV types…