1026 living on the edge - success, long-term complications, and implications following eus-directed transgastric ercp: a multicenter study

Endoscopic ultrasound-directed transgastric ERCP (EDGE) is an alternative to enteroscopy- and laparoscopy-assisted ERCP in patients with RYGB anatomy. It allows for direct access via lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) to the excluded stomach, followed by ERCP across the gastro-gastric (GG) stent. Although short-term results are promising with technical success in the majority of cases, the long-term outcomes are not known. Specifically, the rate of persistent GG fistula (GGF) is unknown.

Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - May 31, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Thomas M. Runge, Thomas E. Kowalski, Todd H. Baron, Austin L. Chiang, Theodore James, Alexander Schlachterman, David E. Loren, Jose Nieto, Harshit S. Khara, David L. Diehl, Bradley Confer, S Vikas Kumar, Shayan S. Irani, John Nasr, Matthew R. Krafft, Will Tags: Oral abstract Source Type: research