Open AccessUltrasound-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.