Giuseppe Vanella, Giuseppe Dell'Anna, Agostino Cosenza, Federica Pedica, Maria Chiara Petrone, Alberto Mariani, Livia Archibugi, Gemma Rossi, Matteo Tacelli, Piera Zaccari, Roberto Leone, Domenico Tamburrino, Giulio Belfiori, Massimo Falconi, Luca Aldrighetti, Michele Reni, Andrea Casadei Gardini, Claudio Doglioni, Gabriele Capurso, Paolo Giorgio Arcidiacono
Background and study aims Besides increasing adequacy, rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) during endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) may impact choices and timing of subsequent therapeutic procedures, yet has been unexplored. Patients and methods This was a retrospective evaluation of a prospectively maintained database of a tertiary, academic centre with availability of ROSE and hybrid EUS-ERCP suites. All consecutive patients referred for pathological confirmation of suspected malignancy and jaundice or gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) between Jan-2020 and Sep-2022 were included...
February 2024: Endoscopy International Open