How to perform EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy easier and safer.

Kazuo Hara Nozomi OkunoShin HabaTakamichi KuwaharaHiroki KodaNobumasa MizunoAkira Miyano

Published in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2020)

Highlight Hara and colleagues explain their easier and safer technique of endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy using forward-viewing endoscopic ultrasound and ultra-slim devices. The combination of the stiff 0.018-inch guidewire and the 22-gauge needle is helpful for this method.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration
high resolution
magnetic resonance imaging
mass spectrometry