EUS-guided drainage: Summary of therapeutic EUS consortium meeting

Endosc Ultrasound. 2019 May-Jun;8(3):151-160. doi: 10.4103/eus.eus_26_19.

Abstract

EUS-guided drainage is a safe and efficacious endoscopic technique for biliary, pancreatic, and gallbladder decompression. Recent literature has described many successful procedural techniques and devices to achieve EUS-guided drainage. This consortium gathering advanced endoscopists with expertise in both ultrasonography and therapeutic endoscopy, discuss the introduction to learning several EUS-guided drainage approaches, devices, and technology involved, possible obstacles to certain procedural and all potential complications.

Keywords: Consortium; EUS; drainage.

Publication types

  • Review