
pmid: 27756612
The recent development of EUS-guided gallbladder drainage (EGBD) with a lumen-apposing stent has made endoscopic assessment and advanced gallbladder interventions via the stent possible. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and safety of per-oral cholecystoscopy and the types of gallbladder interventions that can be performed.This was a retrospective review conducted in the Prince of Wales Hospital from June 2012 to March 2016. All patients who had acute cholecystitis with EGBD were included. Cholecystoscopy was performed 1 to 3 months after stent insertion. Patients' demographic data, technical success, types of intervention, and adverse events were recorded.Twenty-nine cholecystoscopies were performed in 25 patients. Twenty-seven of 29 cholecystoscopies were successful (93.1%). Magnifying endoscopy was performed in 10 patients, confocal endomicroscopy and EUS in 1 patient, and endocytoscopy in another patient. Fourteen patients (56%) had spontaneous stone passage. Eleven patients (44%) had residual gallstones on cholecystoscopy, and removed in 8. Overall stone clearance rate was 88% after a mean (standard deviation) number of 1.25 (0.46) sessions of cholecystoscopy.Per-oral cholecystoscopy and advanced gallbladder interventions were feasible and safe. This opens up exciting possibilities for endoscopic treatment of gallbladder pathologies.
Aged, 80 and over, Male, Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery, Microscopy, Confocal, Intravital Microscopy, Cholecystolithiasis, Gallbladder, Endoscopy, Endosonography, Surgery, Computer-Assisted, Cholecystitis, Drainage, Feasibility Studies, Humans, Female, Stents, Cholecystostomy, Aged, Retrospective Studies
Aged, 80 and over, Male, Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery, Microscopy, Confocal, Intravital Microscopy, Cholecystolithiasis, Gallbladder, Endoscopy, Endosonography, Surgery, Computer-Assisted, Cholecystitis, Drainage, Feasibility Studies, Humans, Female, Stents, Cholecystostomy, Aged, Retrospective Studies
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