Endoscopic vacuum therapy: pitfalls, tips and tricks, insights, and perspectives.

ABSTRACT: This article provides a comprehensive review of the use of endoscopic vacuum therapy (EVT) in the management of transmural gastrointestinal (GI) defects (TGIDs) and its future perspectives, such as pre-emptive EVT and novel indications, including GI bleeding and large gastroduodenal ulcers management. This review is based on the available literature data and personal experience to demystify the mentioned limitations of EVT as technical difficulties related to the procedure, possible patients' complaints, and institutions' concerns, by sharing several tips and tricks to overcome EVT-related challenges that may discourage endoscopists from using this live-saving technique, and consequently, restricting patients to receive this therapy, which may lead to undesired outcomes. Several factors, s

SUBMITTER: de Moura DTH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11292076 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature