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Pseudocysto-gastrostomy guided by endoscopic ultrasound. New approach to old therapeutic problem

It has been appreciated for a long time that surgery is the treatment of choice for pancreatic pseudocysts. Endoscopic internal drainage is an alternative to surgical intervention, but requires bulging of pseudocyst in gastric lumen and carries the risk of bleeding from gastric vessels. Endosonographically guided pseudocyst drainage, an elegant one-step method to connect gastric lumen with pseudocyst avoiding the risk of bleeding using EUS guidance and Doppler is described with review of literature. The procedure was for the first time successfully performed in Croatia.

surgery; pancreatic pseudocysts

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