Reem Z Sharaiha, Amy Tyberg, Mouen A Khashab, Nikhil A Kumta, Kunal Karia, Jose Nieto, Uzma D Siddiqui, Irving Waxman, Virendra Joshi, Petros C Benias, Peter Darwin, Christopher J DiMaio, Christopher J Mulder, Shai Friedland, David G Forcione, Divyesh V Sejpal, Tamas A Gonda, Frank G Gress, Monica Gaidhane, Ann Koons, Ersilia M DeFilippis, Sanjay Salgado, Kristen R Weaver, John M Poneros, Amrita Sethi, Sammy Ho, Vivek Kumbhari, Vikesh K Singh, Alan H Tieu, Viviana Parra, Alisa Likhitsup, Craig Womeldorph, Brenna Casey, Sreeni S Jonnalagadda, Amit P Desai, David L Carr-Locke, Michel Kahaleh, Ali A Siddiqui
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transmural drainage and necrosectomy have become the standard treatment for patients with pancreatic walled-off necrosis (WON). Lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) have shown success in the management of pancreatic fluid collections. However, there are few data on their specific roles in management of WON. We investigated the efficacy and safety of LAMS in treatment of WON. METHODS: We performed a retrospective multicenter case series of 124 patients with WON who underwent endoscopic transmural drainage by using LAMS at 17 tertiary care centers from January 2014 through May 2015...
December 2016: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology