ReviewEndoscopic ultrasound
How to perform EUS-guided biliary drainage.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ultrasound-guided robotic surgical procedures: a systematic review.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Pooled it
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage versus choledochoduodenostomy for distal malignant biliary obstruction.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Successful endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy using a novel double-lumen dilator.Endoscopy · 2026Article
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- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis: Should the endoscopic option become the status quo?World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2026Review
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transhepatic antegrade stone removal for choledocholithiasis after pancreaticoduodenectomy: A case report and review of literature.World journal of gastroenterology · 2026Review
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent Drainage in Benign Pancreatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Disease: Evolving Techniques and Clinical Outcomes.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Biliary drainage in patients with altered anatomy: Literature review of different endoscopic approaches.World journal of gastroenterology · 2026Review
- Endo-hepatology: Bridging the gap between lumen and liver.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Review
- Ultrasound of the Gallbladder-An Update on Measurements, Reference Values, Variants and Frequent Pathologies: A Scoping Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Role and Appropriate Selection of Guidewires in Biliopancreatic Endoscopy.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- [Imaging in chronic inflammatory bowel disease].Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage for distal malignant biliary obstruction: Outcomes from a multicenter cohort.Endoscopy international open · 2025Article
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage using electrocautery-enhanced lumen-apposing metal stent for malignant biliary obstruction: A promising procedure.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy: practical tips and tricks.VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2024Review
- Role of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage for palliation of malignant biliary obstruction.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2024Article
- Structural factors influencing the clinical performance of 0.025-inch guidewires for pancreatobiliary endoscopy: An experimental study.Endoscopy international open · 2024Article
- Pancreatic ultrasound: An update of measurements, reference values, and variations of the pancreas.Ultrasound international open · 2024Review
- The past, present, and future of endoscopic management for biliary strictures: technological innovations and stent advancements.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
- Development and evaluation of artificial organ models for ERCP training in patients with surgically altered anatomies.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) has recently gained widespread acceptance as a minimally invasive alternative method for biliary drainage. Even in experienced endoscopy centers, ERCP may fail due to inaccessibility of the papillary region, altered anatomy (particularly postsurgical alterations), papillary obstruction, or neoplastic gastric outlet obstruction. Biliary cannulation fails at first attempt in 5%-10% of cases even in the absence of these factors. In such cases, alternative options for biliary drainage must be provided since biliary obstruction is responsible for poor quality of life and even reduced survival, particularly due to septic cholangitis. The standard of care in many centers remains percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD). However, despite the high technical success rate with experienced operators, the percutaneous approach is more invasive and associated with poor quality of life. PTBD may result in long-term external catheters for biliary drainage and carry the risk of serious adverse events (SAEs) in up to 10% of patients, including bile leaks, hemorrhage, and sepsis. PTBD following a failed ERCP also requires scheduling a second procedure, resulting in prolonged hospital stay and additional costs. EUS-BD may overcome many of these limitations and offer some distinct advantages in accessing the biliary tree. Current data suggest that EUS-BD is safe and effective when performed by experts, although SAEs have been also reported. Despite the high number of clinical reports and case series, high-quality comparative studies are still lacking. The purpose of this article is to report on the current status of this procedure and to discuss the tools and techniques for EUS-BD in different clinical scenarios.
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