EUS-guided drainage is more successful in pancreatic pseudocysts compared with abscesses

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2011; 17(4): 499-505
Published online Jan 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i4.499

Table 3 Some technical aspects of the drainage, etiology and location of the cysts

Drainage technique	No. of procedures	Anesthesia	Etiology	Type of pancreatitis	Location
Giovannini Needle Wire¹ in 16 cases	One in 19 patients	Sedation² in 19 patients	Alcohol (11)	Chronic pancreatitis in 14 patients	Cauda in 12 patients
19-guage needle¹ in 11 cases	Two in 6 patients	Intubation anesthesia in 7 patients	Idiopathic (6)	Acute pancreatitis in 12 patients	Corpus in 11 patients
Cystotome¹ in 1 case	Eight in one patient		Gallstone (3)		Caput in 3 patients
			1 hyperlipidemia
			1 trauma
			1 postoperative
			1 SLE
			1 medication
			1 malignant

¹Cook Endoscopy, Winston-Salem, NC;

²Pethidine + midazolam. SLE: Systemic lupus erythematosus.

Citation: Sadik R, Kalaitzakis E, Thune A, Hansen J, Jönson C. EUS-guided drainage is more successful in pancreatic pseudocysts compared with abscesses. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17(4): 499-505
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v17/i4/499.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v17.i4.499