Current trends of minimally invasive therapy for cholecystocholedocholithiasis
Anna Cominardi,
Giovanni Aragona,
Gaetano Cattaneo
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionThe minimally invasive approach of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided procedures for cholecystocholedocholithiasis, such as EUS-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD), EUS-guided rendezvous (EUS-RV), and EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD), is affirmed as an effective treatment for patients with acute cholecystitis (AC) who are unfit for surgery and for patients with common bile duct stones (CBDSs) who have experienced a previous ERCP failure. Furthermore, in cases of difficult CBDS extraction duri… Show more
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