Open AccessGuessing the future of endoscopic drainage of walled-off necrosis
Author(s) -
Enrique PérezCuadrado Robles,
Guillaume Perrod,
Gabriel Rahmi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.7252/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic treatment , surgery , endoscopy
The endoscopic treatment of walled-off necrosis is rapidly evolving concurrently with an increasing number of endoscopic techniques, devices, and combined procedures. Thus, there is a growing armamentarium of alternatives for those patients in whom the conventional direct endoscopic necrosectomy is not enough. However, when the patient reaches this point he enters in an unexplored field and choosing the correct option can be challenging. Furthermore, there is no consensus on the number of endoscopic procedures to perform before considering that direct endoscopic necrosectomy has failed and therefore another strategy should be considered.