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[Therapeutic strategy of transgastral stenting in retrogastral abscesses]
G Berthold1, I Wanzar, K Jünemann
1Medizinische Klinik 1, Wald-Klinikum, Gera, Germany.
Zentralblatt Fur Chirurgie
|June 12, 2002
Abstract:
We report on two patients with postinterventional retrogastric abscesses, one as a postoperative complication after partial pancreatectomy, one as a complication of biliary pancreatitis. In both cases, the abscess cavity could be completely drained by EUS-guided endoscopic application of a short "Amsterdam" stent, length 4 cm, 11.5 Fr. The stents could be removed by endoscopy after an interval of several weeks. In suitable cases EUS-guided endoscopic transgastral stenting appears to be the therapy of choice for retrogastral abscesses.