Paul Fockens
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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…
- DateMay 18, 2024Endoscopic myotomy (POEM) was shown equally effective as laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) in patients with achalasia at two years in a multicenter randomized trial. Postprocedural reflux esophagitis and treatment with acid inhibitors were more frequent after POEM…
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Amsterdam UMC, University of AmsterdamUniversitatsklinikum Augsburg - DateMay 18, 2024Endoscopic or percutaneous bile duct brushing is often performed as first step to differentiate between benign and malignant biliary strictures. Although brush cytology has a high specificity (95-100%), the sensitivity for detection of malignancy has been reported to be poor (41-67%)…
- DateMay 18, 2024Endoscopic full thickness resection (eFTR) is increasingly used as a minimally invasive diagnostic and potential therapeutic approach for smaller (≤2cm) T1 colorectal cancer (CRC)…
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- DateMay 21, 2024Endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDS) with lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) may be used in patients with a distal malignant biliary obstruction in whom either conventional biliary drainage by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) failed or as primary draina…
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