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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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Outcomes and limitations: EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy
Woo Hyun Paik1, Do Hyun Park2
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Do Hyun Park
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88 Olympic-Ro 43-Gil, Songpa-gu, 05505, Seoul
South Korea
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DOI: 10.4103/eus.eus_51_19
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One of the major roles of interventional EUS is biliary decompression as an alternative to ERCP or percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage. Among EUS-guided biliary drainage, EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy with transmural stenting (EUS-HGS) may be the most promising procedure since this procedure can overcome the limitation of ERCP. However, EUS-HGS has disadvantages, and the safety issue is still not resolved. In this review, the clinical outcomes and limitations of EUS-HGS will be discussed.
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