Clinical controversies in endoscopic ultrasound

Clinical controversies in endoscopic ultrasound

The field of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is growing rapidly. Although EUS has enhanced our ability to diagnose and treat a wide variety of GI conditions, there are many controversial issues regarding the appropriate application of EUS techniques. In this review we discuss five controversial topics in EUS: the utility of EUS in staging of esophageal and gastric cancer;...

CLINICAL CASE: Clinical Case-03: Does pancreatic tuberculosis (diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound) lead to chronic pancreatitis (confirmed by endoscopic ultrasound)?

S41 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND / VOLUME 6 / SUPPLEMENT 1 / AUGUST 2017 Clinical Case-01 Endoscopic ultrasound: a promising approach for the diagnosis of pancreatic pseudoaneurysm Jinlong Hu, Nan Ge, Siyu Sun Endoscopy Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China Pancreatic pseudoaneurysm converted from a pancreatic pseudocyst is rare but may cause fatal hemorrhage. We repo...

Endoscopic Ultrasound

1 Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Division of Internal Medicine, e University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030-1409, USA Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, 355-5 Haruobi-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8026, Japan Department of Gastroenterology, Changi Gen...

Controversies in Clinical Care

Review of endoscopic radiofrequency in biliopancreatic tumours with emphasis on clinical benefits, controversies and safety

Most pancreatic cancers and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas are unresectable at the time of diagnosis, and even in case of a resectable cancer, for elderly or patients with coexistent comorbidities, surgery is not an option. Current treatment alternatives in these scenarios are very limited. Biliary stenting with self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) is the mainstay palliative treatment of biliar...