Bile peritonitis after placement of a metallic stent in endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy: A pitfall and the rescue technique
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DOI: 10.1055/a-1937-9781
Abstract: The complications of endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS) are different from those of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Among these, bile peritonitis can be fatal, and insertion of a metallic stent is recommended to prevent this complication… read more here.
Keywords: endoscopic ultrasound; metallic stent; stent; bile peritonitis ... See more keywords
A Rare Fatal Bile Peritonitis after Malposition of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided 5-Fr Naso-Gallbladder Drainage
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DOI: 10.5946/ce.2019.032
Abstract: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided gallbladder (GB) drainage has recently emerged as a more feasible treatment than percutaneous transhepatic GB drainage for acute cholecystitis. In EUS-guided cholecystostomies in patients with distended GBs without pericholecystic inflammation or prominent… read more here.
Keywords: bile; bile peritonitis; drainage; endoscopic ultrasound ... See more keywords