title: Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided endoscopic treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts and walled-off necrosis: new technical developments.
abstract: In the last decades, the treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts and necrosis occurring in the clinical context of acute and chronic pancreatitis has shifted towards minimally invasive endoscopic interventions. Surgical procedures can be avoided in many cases by using endoscopically placed, Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided techniques and drainages. Endoscopic ultrasound enables the placement of transmural plastic and metal stents or nasocystic tubes for the drainage of peripancreatic fluid collections. The development of self-expanding metal stents and exchange free delivering systems have simplified the drainage of pancreatic fluid collections. This review will discuss available therapeutic techniques and new developments.
authors.affiliation: Barbara Braden, Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Braden
authors.affiliation: Barbara Braden, Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Christoph F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Acute pancreatitis; Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided drainage; Pancreatic pseudocyst; Self-expanding metal stent; Walled-off necrosis