Open AccessEUS-Guided Pancreatic Duct Drainage for Repeat Pancreatitis in a Patient with Pancreatic Cancer
Author(s) -
Ken Kamata,
Mamoru Takenaka,
Kosuke Minaga,
Toshiharu Sakurai,
Tomohiro Watanabe,
Naoshi Nishida,
Masatoshi Kudo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1423-0232
pISSN - 0030-2414
DOI - 10.1159/000481238
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , pancreatic cancer , endoscopic ultrasound , pancreatic duct , radiology , pancreatic disease , general surgery , pancreas , cancer
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic drainage (EUS-PD) was performed in a patient with unresectable pancreatic cancer who developed pancreatitis. In this case, EUS-PD was useful as salvage therapy for pancreatitis as the transpapillary approach was difficult.
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