INTRODUCTION: 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…

USE OF IMPEDANCE PLANIMETRY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF GASTRIC SLEEVE STENOSIS: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW BENCHMARK VALUES

Background: Gastric sleeve stenosis (GSS) is an increasingly common adverse event following sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and thought to result from progressive rotation and/or scarring of the sleeve. Objective diagnostic criteria for this condition are lacking…

CLOSE THE DOOR IF YOU OPEN IT: SHOULD FISTULA CLOSURE AFTER ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRANS-GASTRIC ERCP (EDGE) BE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE?

EUS-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) is a novel method for palliating gastric outlet obstructon due to unresectable malignancies…

EUS-GUIDED BALLOON OCCLUDED GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY BYPASS (EPASS) VERSUS DUODENAL STENT FOR UNRESECTABLE MALIGNANT GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION (DRA-GOO)

EUS-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) is a novel method for palliating gastric outlet obstructon due to unresectable malignancies…