Open AccessPancreatic cystic neoplasms: Adherence to management recommendations and associated endosonographic cyst characteristics
Author(s) -
Athanasios D. Sioulas,
Marianna Spinou,
Dimitrios Schizas,
Maria Megapanou,
Maximos Frountzas,
Konstantina Papadaki,
Ilias Scotiniotis
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_505_21
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic duct , cyst , intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm , endoscopic ultrasound , retrospective cohort study , radiology , cohort , pancreas , gastroenterology
The purpose of this study is to assess patients' compliance to recommendations after evaluation of pancreatic cystic neoplasm (PCN) with EUS and investigate how the presence of "worrisome" characteristics including cyst's size, main pancreatic duct dilation and presence of mural nodules might affect the adherence rates of management recommendations.