Endoscopic ultrasound guided gallbladder drainage—is it time to change practice?
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Transgastric endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis.
patients with a covered metallic stent (CMS) placed in the bile duct [1,2]. Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage, which involves an external drainage tube, decreases the ability of the patient to carry out their normal daily activities. Recently, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)guided drainage has been employed successfully for hepatogastrostomy, bilioduodenostomy, and pancreatogastrostomy...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Digestive Medicine Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2617-1627
DOI: 10.21037/dmr-20-68