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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder endoscopic mucosal resection: a pilot porcine study
Huifang Pang1,2, Quan Man3, Li Min1
1Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Disease, Beijing Digestive Disease Center, Beijing Key Laboratory for Precancerous Lesion of Digestive Disease, Beijing, China.
Introduction:
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided natural orifice transluminal gallbladder polypectomy provides a minimally invasive alternative to cholecystectomy. The study aimed to investigate the feasibility and safety of protocol for gallbladder endoscopic mucosal resection (gEMR) under EUS guidance using a porcine model.
Material And Methods:
Fifteen Bama mini pigs were randomly divided into the control (CG, n = 3) and experimental (EG, n = 12) groups. EUS-guided fine needle aspiration was performed in the CG and used to establish a gallbladder pathway for polyp resection under EUS guidance in the EG. Procedural safety was evaluated using routine blood and biochemical tests, microbial bile cultures, histopathological tests, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for inflammatory adhesion factors.
Results:
EUS-guided metal stents were successfully deployed in all 12 pigs. Two cases of stent displacement occurred postoperatively, and one pig died of infectious peritonitis on the first day after stent implantation. In 11 surviving experimental animals, mature gallbladder paths were formed at 7-14 days after gastro-cholecystostomy, through which gEMR of gallbladder polyps was successfully performed. There were no significant changes in levels of inflammatory and adhesion factors during the postoperative process.
Conclusions:
EUS-gEMR may be a safe and effective minimally invasive treatment approach for gallbladder polyps.
