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Ultrasound-guided endoscopic transgastric drainage of a post-traumatic pancreatic pseudocyst in a child

Author(s) -

Dionysis Theodoros,

P. Nikolaides,

G Petousis

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

african journal of paediatric surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 0189-6725

pISSN - 0974-5998

DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.70426

Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic pseudocyst , endoscopic ultrasound , surgery , general surgery , radiology , pancreatitis

Despite of a number of techniques in the armentarium of the paediatric surgeon, the management of pancreatic pseudocysts remains a challenge. We report on a case of a 5-year-old child with a post-traumatic pancreatic pseudocyst who was successfully treated with endoscopic ultrasound-guided transgastric approach. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transgastric drainage of a pancreatic pseudocyst is effective and safe in children.

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