Surgery provides pain relief in 40–60% patients with chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic duct strictures and pancreatic duct stones; however, severe complications can occur. Endoscopic stent placement ...

SAN DIEGO -- For endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided transluminal draining of pancreatic pseudocysts, plastic stents appeared as safe and effective as lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) in a randomized ...

The role of placing multiple stents in the pancreatic duct has been assessed in only one study. [80] Nineteen patients with severe CP and with a single pancreatic stent through a refractory dominant ...

In patients with malignant distal biliary obstruction, endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDS) reduced the rate of postprocedural pancreatitis compared with endoscopic retrograde ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Success rates were similar between patients who had coaxial double pigtail plastic stent placement for drainage ...

NEW HAVEN — Patients suffering pain and jaundice from blocked bile ducts can find relief without going through major surgery, with the use of endoscopic ultrasound, according to the director of the ...

A gastrointestinal stent from Cook Medical now has 510 (k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in patients suffering GI obstructions caused by cancer. Bloomington, ...