title: [Pseudocysto-gastrostomy guided by endoscopic ultrasound---new approach to old therapeutic problem].
abstract: It has been appreciated for a long time that surgery is the treatment of choice for pancreatic pseudocysts. Endoscopic internal drainage is an alternative to surgical intervention, but requires bulging of pseudocyst in gastric lumen and carries the risk of bleeding from gastric vessels. Endosonographically guided pseudocyst drainage, an elegant one-step method to connect gastric lumen with pseudocyst avoiding the risk of bleeding using EUS guidance and Doppler is described with review of literature. The procedure was for the first time successfully performed in Croatia.
authors.affiliation: Centar za intervencijsku gastroenterologiju, Klinika za unutrasnje bolesti Rebro, KBC Zagreb. m_opacic@net.hr
authors.forename: Milorad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Opacić
authors.forename: Nadan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rustemovic
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goluza
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pulanić
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vucelić
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D019160:Endosonography; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional