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UNIQUE USAGE OF A PARTIALLY COVERED METAL STENT FOR DRAINAGE OF A PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST VIA ENDOSONOGRAPHY‐GUIDED TRANSCYSTGASTROSTOMY
Author(s) -
NICI ANTHONY J.,
HUSSAIN SYED A.,
KIM SANG H.,
MEHTA PREETI
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2011.01202.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic pseudocyst , pancreatitis , percutaneous , drainage , radiology , stent , pancreatic carcinoma , surgery , general surgery , pancreatic cancer , ecology , biology , cancer
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.