Advancing the diagnostic and therapeutic role of EUS in pancreaticobiliary disease: Hopkins Lecture 2016.

To cite: Oppong K. Frontline Gastroenterology Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/flgastro-2016100759 INTRODUCTION Linear endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has become established as a key diagnostic and therapeutic tool in pancreaticobiliary medicine over the last 20 years. EUS/ EUS-fine needle aspiration (FNA) is used in the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic and biliary masses, the diagnosis of unexplained dilatation of the bile and pancreatic ducts and the diagnosis of pancreatic cysts. Interventional EUS has developed rapidly with the EUS-guided drainage of pancreatic fluid collections, now the most commonly used EUS-guided intervention. In this article, I will set out the results of a series of studies performed over the last 12 years that have 1. helped develop the role and establish the utility of diagnostic linear EUS/EUS-FNA 2. developed and refined the techniques for EUS-guided pancreatic necrosectomy.