title: Unique usage of a partially covered metal stent for drainage of a pancreatic pseudocyst via endosonography-guided transcystgastrostomy.
abstract: Pancreatic pseudocysts are frequent complications of pancreatitis episodes. The current therapeutic modalities for drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts include surgical, percutaneous, and endoscopic drainage modalities. Endosonography-assisted endoscopic drainage of these pseudocysts with the placement of multiple plastic or fully covered self-expanding biliary metal stents is becoming more commonly carried out. The present case report discusses the unique and successful drainage of a pancreatic pseudocyst with the placement of a partially covered self-expanding metal stent.
authors.affiliation: New York Hospital Queens-Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 56-45 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355, USA. anthony.nici@gmail.com
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Nici
authors.forename: Syed A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Sang H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Preeti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional