Efficacy and safety of endoscopic drainage of peripancreatic fluid collections: a retrospective multicenter European study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided transmural drainage allows treatment of symptomatic peripancreatic fluid collections (PFCs), with lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) and double pigtail plastic stents (DPPS) being the 2 most frequently used modalities.

Methods

Consecutive patients undergoing PFC drainage in 10 European centers were retrospectively retrieved. Technical success (successful deployment), clinical success (satisfactory drainage), rate and type of early adverse events, drainage duration and complications on stent removal were evaluated.

Results

A total of 128 patients-92 men (71.9%), age 57.2±11.9 years-underwent drainage, with pancreatic pseudocyst (PC) and walled-off necrosis (WON) in 92 (71.9%) and 36 (28.1%) patients, respectively. LAMS were

SUBMITTER: Gkolfakis P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9648524 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature