EUS is routinely used for confirming the diagnosis and staging ampullary tumors. EUS staging helps to identify patients optimal candidates for endoscopic ampullectomy and avoid surgery in this group or those with unresectable ...

Bilateral endoscopic placement of self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) is an attractive option for palliative drainage of malignant biliary hilar strictures, however the optimal method of SEMS placement across the liver hilum ...

Background: Abdominal pain and nausea following ERCP are common, and may in part relate to bowel insufflation with air. CO2 insufflation during colonoscopy reduces post-procedural pain scores as compared with air. However, ...

Observational data on the impact of an on-site cytopathologist (CyP) during EUS-FNA of pancreatic masses have reported conflicting results regarding diagnostic yield.

Background: To assess the utilization of EUS-FNA for staging esophageal cancer and its impact on surgical resection. Methods: A 15 question survey was distributed via email to thoracic surgeons. This survey included questions ...

Background American Gastroenterological Association guidelines recommend performing EUS to characterize subepithelial lesions (SELs) discovered on upper endoscopy (EGD), followed by surveillance if no high-risk features ...

Availability of onsite CyP evaluation during EUS FNA of SPL can increase diagnostic yield of malignancy with a significantly lower number of EUS-FNA passes. However, studies on clinical impact of onsite CyP have reported ...