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Comparing EUS-guided lumen-apposing metal stents with and without integrated electrocautery for endoscopic drainage of walled-off pancreatic necrosis.
Braden, Barbara Dietrich, Christoph F Bekkali, Noor
Braden, Barbara
Dietrich, Christoph F
Bekkali, Noor
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: EUS-guided drainage using lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMSs) has become standard treatment of symptomatic walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WOPN). Delivery systems with integrated electrocautery (EC) enable direct access and stent deployment, whereas the conventional stent insertion requires several steps including access using a needle or cystotome, wire insertion, and enlargement of the created tract before the stent placement. This study aimed to compare the practicality of EUS-guided procedures and their outcomes between conventional LAMSs (cLAMSs) and integrated EC (EC-LAMSs).
METHODS: In consecutive patients undergoing EUS-guided LAMS insertion with or without integrated EC, data on procedure time, sedation, and technical and clinical success, as well as adverse events, were analyzed.
RESULTS: From our prospectively maintained database, we analyzed 107 consecutive procedures of transmural EUS-stenting for drainage of WOPN. Thirty-nine cLAMSs and 68 EC-LAMSs were placed. Mean WOPN size was 12.9 ± 4.2 cm with mean 30% ± 15% solid necrosis.Procedure times were shorter with EC-LAMSs (18.0 ± 6.6 39.7 ± 8.3 minutes; < 0.05). All EUS-guided procedures with cLAMS drainage were performed under propofol sedation administered by anesthetist. In the EC-LAMS group, 36 patients tolerated the procedure under intravenous sedation (fentanyl/midazolam), and 17 interventions were performed as day case procedures. Adverse events and clinical outcome did not differ between both groups.
CONCLUSION: Compared with cLAMS, EC-LAMS deployment is faster and technically less demanding. This allows performing the procedure under conventional intravenous sedation and as day case procedure in selected patients.
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; University of Münster, Germany; South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust; Hirslanden Group, Bern, Switzerland
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2025-06-27
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Braden B, Selvaraj E, Dietrich CF, Bekkali N. Comparing EUS-guided lumen-apposing metal stents with and without integrated electrocautery for endoscopic drainage of walled-off pancreatic necrosis. Endosc Ultrasound. 2025 May-Jun;14(3):137-141. doi: 10.1097/eus.0000000000000131. Epub 2025 Jun 27.
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