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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2015; 21(3): 726-741
Published online Jan 21, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i3.726
Endoscopic ultrasonography guided drainage: Summary of consortium meeting, May 21, 2012, San Diego, California
Michel Kahaleh, Everson LA Artifon, Manuel Perez-Miranda, Monica Gaidhane, Carlos Rondon, Takao Itoi, Marc Giovannini
Michel Kahaleh, Monica Gaidhane, Carlos Rondon, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 10021, United States
Everson LA Artifon, Department of Surgery, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo 05403-000, Brazil
Manuel Perez-Miranda, Endoscopy Unit, Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega, 47012 Valladolid, Spain
Takao Itoi, Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan
Marc Giovannini, Department of Gastroenterology, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, 13273 Marseille, France
Author contributions: Kahaleh M, Artifon ELA, Perez-Miranda M and Giovannini M designed and organized the meeting and provided summary results; Kahaleh M, Gaidhane M and Rondon C summarized the data and wrote the paper; Itoi T helped write the manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Michel Kahaleh, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE, Chief of Endoscopy, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1305 York Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10021, United States. mkahaleh@gmail.com
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Received: February 18, 2014
Peer-review started: February 21, 2014
First decision: March 13, 2014
Revised: April 29, 2014
Accepted: June 21, 2014
Article in press: June 23, 2014
Published online: January 21, 2015
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Core Tip

Core tip: This summary of the endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided biliary drainage consortium held in 2012 focuses on technical improvements in both EUS-Guided biliary and pancreatic drainage techniques. This summary also provides a detailed overview of EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy compared to percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and surgical drainage. Other EUS Guided techniques such as endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatico-gastrostomy and endoscopic ultrasonography-guided cholecystoduodenostomy and cholecystogastrostomy have been discussed. Lastly, an extensive review of therapeutic endoscopic interventions in surgically altered anatomy has been provided as well.