title: Role of endosonography in drainage of fluid collections and other NOTES procedures.
abstract: Endosonography (EUS) has become the accepted procedure for drainage of pancreatic fluid collections in the past decade. EUS was shown to be safe and effective and it has been the first-line therapy for uncomplicated pseudocysts. Where walled-off pancreatic necrosis was originally thought to be a contraindication for endoscopic treatment, multiple case series have now shown that these fluid collections also can be treated endoscopically with low morbidity and mortality. Analogous to the treatment of pancreatic fluid collections, others, such as abscesses in the lower and upper abdomen, have also been treated successfully, although there is limited literature in this regard, EUS appears to be a useful technique in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) procedures as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Galasso
authors.forename: Rogier P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Voermans
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fockens
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome