Efficacy and safety of lumen apposing metal stents or self-expandable metal stents for endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledocho-duodenostomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided biliary drainage is becoming an option for palliation of malignant biliary obstruction. Lumen apposing metal stents...

Needle-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (nCLE) for Evaluation of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

New imaging techniques including needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (nCLE) have been devised. nCLE has a diagnostic accuracy of 99% with a low...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a systematic review of the literature

Surgery is the mainstay therapy for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (P-NETs) but it is associated with significant adverse events. EUS-RFA has been d...

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Gallbladder Drainage Versus Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage for Acute Cholecystitis with High Surgical Risk: An Up-to-Date Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

Study compared EUSGBD with percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) for acute cholecystitis with high surgical risk. EUS GBD was associa...

Diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition in autoimmune pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

There is limited evidence on the diagnostic performance of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided tissue acquisition in autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) 15 s...

Comparison of Three Methods of Gallbladder Drainage for Patients with Acute Cholecystitis Who Are at High Surgical Risk: A Network Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

Percutaneous gallbladder drainage is used for the treatment of patients with acute cholecystitis who are at high surgical risk. It is unclear which pr...

Combined chemotherapy and EUS-guided intra-tumoral 32-P implantation for locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a pilot study

This study evaluated clinical outcomes of combined chemotherapy and Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) guided intra-tumoral radioactive phosphorus-32 (32P On...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided celiac plexus neurolysis (EUS-CPN) technique and analgesic efficacy in patients with pancreatic cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Celiac Plexus Neurolysis (EUS-CPN) can be used to treat abdominal pain in pancreatic cancer. It can be administered in th...

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