Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound-guided transhepatic biliary drainage with a 22-gauge fine-needle aspiration needle and 0.018-inch guidewire in the procedure's induction phase.

ABSTRACT: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided transhepatic biliary drainage is usually performed with a 19-gauge fine-needle aspiration (FNA) needle and a 0.025-inch guidewire. The combination of a 22-gauge FNA needle and a 0.018-inch guidewire is reported to be effective as a rescue option when the bile duct diameter is small or technically challenging. Experts in EUS-guided transhepatic biliary drainage have reported that bile duct puncture with a 19-gauge FNA needle is possible in most cases, but is not easy to reproduce by endoscopists with less experience in EUS-guided transhepatic biliary drainage. We investigated the usefulness of EUS-guided transhepatic biliary drainage using a 22-gauge FNA needle and a 0.018-inch guidewire during the procedure's induction phase. Consecutive patients who unde

SUBMITTER: Yane K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10564090 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature