Although some technical challenges in the development of dedicated devices need to be overcome, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided anastomosis is promising as a minimally invasive technique for pancreatobiliary diseases. Introduction Surgical…
The development of ultrasound contrast agents has allowed for the evaluation of vascularity in digestive organs by contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS). Contrast-enhanced Doppler EUS and contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS (CH-EUS) have improved…
With the introduction of curvilinear endosonoscopes, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has achieved the role of a therapeutic modality as well as diagnostic procedure. EUS-guided tumor ablation is one such therapeutic modality….
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) represents an advance in the diagnosis and staging of several diseases. EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration is useful, but technically demanding, and can be associated with complications. Elastography emerges…
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided needle placement of small radiopaque particles paves the way for EUS-guided fiducial markers and brachytherapy. Stereotactic body radiation therapy relies on image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), permitting escalation…
The development of linear-array endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), with its real-time guidance of needle advancement, changed EUS from a diagnostic procedure to an interventional procedure. EUS-guided fine-needle injection (EUS-FNI) is an…
Pancreatic cystic neoplasms represent a wide spectrum of invariably benign to precancerous and malignant tumors. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic cyst ablation with ethanol and/or paclitaxel offers a nonoperative treatment for patients…
Abdominal and pelvic abscesses have traditionally been drained by percutaneous techniques or surgery. While surgical drainage is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, percutaneous techniques are associated with the need…
To date, percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) has been considered as the usual biliary access after failed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Since endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided bile duct puncture was first…
The success rate of deep biliary cannulation is high but still not perfect in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), even with aggressive techniques. With the development of linear-array echoendoscopes, the endoscopic…
