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EUS-Guided Biliary Drainage

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Kenji Yamao *
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Kazuo Hara
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Nobumasa Mizuno
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Akira Sawaki
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Susumu Hijioka
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Yasumasa Niwa
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Masahiro Tajika
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H. Kawai
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Shinya Kondo
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Yasuhiro Shimizu
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Vikram Bhatia
DOI:10.5009/gnl.2010.4.S1.S67delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) combines endoscopy and intraluminal ultrasonography, and allows imaging with a high-frequency transducer over a short distance to generate high-resolution ultrasonographic images. EUS is now a widely accepted modality for diagnosing pancreatobiliary diseases. EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) using a curved linear-array echoendoscope was initially described more than 20 years ago, and since then many researchers have expanded its indications to sample diverse lesions and have also used it for various therapeutic purposes. EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) is one of the therapeutic procedures that has been developed using a curved linear-array echoendoscope. Technically, EUS-BD includes rendezvous techniques via transesophageal, transgastric, and transduodenal routes, EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDS), and EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS). Published data have demonstrated a high success rate, albeit with a comparatively high rate of nonfatal complications for EUS-CDS and EUS-HGS, and a comparatively low success rate with a low complication rate for the rendezvous technique. At present, these procedures represent an alternative to surgery or percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) for patients with obstructive jaundice when endoscopic biliary drainage (EBD) has failed. However, these procedures should be performed in centers with extensive experience in linear EUS and therapeutic biliary ERCP. Large prospective studies are needed in the near future to establish standardized EUS-BD procedures as well as to perform controlled comparative trials between EUS-BD and PTBD, between rendezvous techniques and direct-access techniques (EUS-CDS and EUS-HGS), and between EBD and EUS-BD. (Gut Liver 2010;4(Suppl. 1):S67-75)
Keywords:
Endoscopic ultrasonography
Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided biliary drainage
Rendezvous technique
Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided choledochoduodenostomy
Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided hepaticogastrostomy

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Gut and Liver
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Aichi Cancer Center
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