"Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transluminal draining ... but without clarity on the optimal stent type for managing pancreatic pseudocysts. "Despite the increasing popularity of lumen-apposing ...

There are no reliable characteristic signs for the different cystic pancreatic lesions in conventional ultrasound ... large cysts (in most cases < 5 cm). Pseudocysts are mostly echo-free and ...

ABSTRACT: Bcakground: Pancreatic pseudocyst (PPC) is a common complication arising from acute or chronic pancreatitis, trauma, or pancreatic duct obstruction. When acute fluid collection persists for ...

identified as having pancreatic pseudocysts via ultrasound and CT scans, and confirmed as giant pancreatic pseudocysts without contraindications for surgery. Among them, there were 95 males and 37 ...

Pseudocysts emerge after acute or chronic ... especially for prophylactic interventions. Endoscopic ultrasound–guided pancreatic cyst ablation may be such an option. Early experience with ...

can show abnormalities of the pancreas and surrounding area. Other tests that may be used in the workup of a pseudocyst include: Ultrasound (sonography). This is a technique that uses high ...

133 Pancreatic pseudocysts and acute fluid collection occur in patients ... or biliary obstruction should undergo endoscopic ultrasound guided transgastric or transduodenal drainage with plastic ...

Pancreatic fluid collections (PFCs ... In the setting of symptomatic pseudocysts, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided drainage is the method of choice over surgical and percutaneous approaches.

Cross-sectional imaging should be used first; endoscopic ultrasound is needed only when CT or MRI ... cholangiopancreatography Grade 3 plus at least one of pseudocyst ≤10 mm, pancreatic duct stones, ...