Pancreatoscopy in endoscopic treatment of pancreatic duct stones, systematic review.

CONCLUSIONS: POP guided lithotripsy seems to be a promising alternative in a very selected patients cohort. Good powered randomized controlled trials are needed to prove efficiency and safety of the new technique also for large numbers of patients before it can be recommended as general practice. The focus of future studies should not only be on technical success, but also clinical success and patient reported outcomes (quality of life). PMID: 30371042 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Chirurgica - Category: Surgery Tags: Minerva Chir Source Type: research