title: Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis: from evidence to practice.
abstract: With the evolution of the linear echoendoscope and the improved ability to direct a needle within the field of interest, the therapeutic potential of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has greatly expanded. Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided transmural gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) may be the next frontier for therapeutic EUS. Since EUS-GBD was first described in 2007, recent reports have suggested it as an alternative to external gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis. EUS-GBD includes EUS-guided transmural nasogallbladder drainage, EUS-guided gallbladder aspiration, and EUS-guided transmural gallbladder stenting. Indications for the EUS-GBD technique as currently practiced, including equipment, technical details, complications, and efficacy are herein reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jun-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sang Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods*; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*
keywords: cholecystitis; drainage; endoscopic ultrasonography; gallbladder; stent