Joan B Gornals, Julio G Velasquez-Rodriguez, Francesc Bas-Cutrina, Ana Garcia Garcia De Paredes, Jose-Miguel Esteban, Alvaro Teran, Ferran Gonzalez-Huix, Manuel Perez-Miranda, Carlos Guarner-Argente, Juan J Vila, Albert Garcia-Sumalla, Jose Ramon Foruny, Joaquin Fisac-Vazquez, Maria Moris, Isabel Miquel-Salas, Carlos De-la-Serna Higuera, Marianette Murzi-Pulgar, Andres Sanchez-Yague, Silvia Salord, Sandra Ruiz-Osuna, Juli Busquets, Mireia Sanllorente-Melenchon, Sebas Videla, Ramon Moreno, Cristian Tebe-Cordomi, Pilar Hereu, Enrique Vazquez-Sequeiros
BACKGROUND: Lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) have displaced double-pigtail plastic stents (DPS) as the standard treatment for walled-off necrosis (WON),β but evidence for exclusively using LAMS is limited. We aimed to assess whether the theoretical benefit of LAMS was superior to DPS. METHODS: This multicenter, open-label, randomized trial was carried out in 9 tertiary hospitals. Between June 2017, and Oct 2020, we screened 99 patients with symptomatic WON, of whom 64 were enrolled and randomly assigned to the DPS group (n = 31) or the LAMS group (n = 33)...
March 6, 2024: Surgical Endoscopy