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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 237-238 |
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Altered anatomy: An EUS-guided placement of a lumen-apposing metal stent for successful ERCP following Whipple procedure (with video)
Kazi I Ullah1, Meera Bhardwaj2, Sammy Ho2
1 Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
2 Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Department of Gastroenterology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
| Date of Submission | 24-Feb-2021 |
| Date of Acceptance | 30-Nov-2021 |
| Date of Web Publication | 02-May-2022 |
Correspondence Address:
Kazi I Ullah
1958 Gleason Avenue, Bronx, NY 10472
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/EUS-D-21-00058
How to cite this article:
Ullah KI, Bhardwaj M, Ho S. Altered anatomy: An EUS-guided placement of a lumen-apposing metal stent for successful ERCP following Whipple procedure (with video). Endosc Ultrasound 2022;11:237-8 |
How to cite this URL:
Ullah KI, Bhardwaj M, Ho S. Altered anatomy: An EUS-guided placement of a lumen-apposing metal stent for successful ERCP following Whipple procedure (with video). Endosc Ultrasound [serial online] 2022 [cited 2022 Jun 26];11:237-8. Available from: http://www.eusjournal.com/text.asp?2022/11/3/237/344242 |
Increased prevalence of surgically altered anatomy in patients with biliary obstruction presents a technical challenge to endoscopists. Novel approaches employing EUS in altered postsurgical anatomy have been described but are limited.[1] This is a case of a EUS-guided lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) placement for successful ERCP in a patient with recurrent cholangitis following pancreaticoduodenectomy.
The patient is a 75-year-old woman with a history of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms treated with Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy complicated by strictures and recurrent cholangitis. Prior ERCPs were unsuccessful since the standard duodenoscope was too short to access the biliary anastomosis in the altered anatomy. We placed a EUS-guided gastrojejunal LAMS to create a direct passageway from the stomach into the afferent limb for future ERCPs [Video 1 [Additional file 1]]. First, we advanced a balloon into the afferent limb in the direction of the jejunal-gastro-anastomosis. The balloon was inflated, and the remaining blind jejunal end was distended with a solution of contrast, normal saline, and methylene blue [Figure 1]. With EUS guidance, an LAMS was introduced from the stomach into the distended loop of small bowel successfully, creating a direct connection between the stomach and the afferent limb of her pancreaticoduodenectomy [Figure 2] and [Figure 3]. In subsequent admissions, the standard duodenoscope was advanced through the previously placed LAMS into the afferent limb where the bile duct was cannulated and decompressed for relief of the patient's recurrent cholangitis [Figure 4]. | Figure 3: Deployment of Lumen Apposing Metal Stent - Endoscopic Ultrasound View
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EUS-guided LAMS placement allows for a minimally invasive approach to circumvent surgically altered anatomy in an attempt to relieve biliary obstruction using standard duodenoscopes. While the current evidence is limited, it supports the efficacy and safety of this method. In expert centers, EUS-guided access to the pancreaticobiliary system has yielded high technical and clinical success rates at 94.7% and 91.7%, respectively.[2] Postprocedure complications were limited to perforation and bleeding in 2.2% and 1.1% of patients, respectively.[3] We hope that our case adds to the body of literature that supports the use of a EUS-guided placement of LAMS to enable endoscopic access for successful ERCP in surgically altered anatomy.
Declaration of patient consent
The authors certify that they have obtained all appropriate patient consent forms. In the form, the patient has given her consent for her images and other clinical information to be reported in the journal. The patient understands that her name and initials will not be published and due efforts will be made to conceal her identity, but anonymity cannot be guaranteed.
Financial support and sponsorship
Nil.
Conflicts of interest
Sammy Ho is an Editorial Board Member of the journal. The article was subject to the journal's standard procedures, with peer review handled independently of this editor and his research groups.
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| 2. | Shah RM, Tarnasky P, Kedia P. A review of endoscopic ultrasound guided endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography techniques in patients with surgically altered anatomy. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018;3:90. |
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