Open AccessAnchoring lumen-apposing metal stent with coaxial plastic stent for endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of pancreatic fluid collections: any benefit?
Author(s) -
Saad Emhmed Ali,
Karim Benrajab,
Houssam Mardini,
Leon Su,
Moamen Gabr,
Wesam Frandah
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.886
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1792-7463
pISSN - 1108-7471
DOI - 10.20524/aog.2019.0414
Subject(s) - medicine , adverse effect , pancreatic pseudocyst , stent , surgery , endoscopy , endoscopic ultrasound , pancreatitis , radiology
Anchoring double-pigtail plastic stents (DPSs) within lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMSs) has been proposed to prevent adverse events during endoscopic drainage of pancreatic fluid collections (PFCs). We sought to compare the outcomes of patients who received LAMSs alone and those who received both LAMSs and anchoring DPSs for drainage of PFCs.