Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Drainage of Pelvic Fluid Collections. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Pelvic fluid collections can be challenging and often inaccessible because of their location and close proximity to adjacent organs and spine. This causes an increased risk for morbidity and poor outcomes. Recent advances in endoscopic ultrasound and therapeutic devices provide an effective, safe, and minimally invasive option to surgery or interventional radiology. These devices offer a relatively pain-free method that has shown good outcomes with minimal risk in recent case series, and has increasingly become the first-line treatment of choice. This article summarizes the current literature and the technique and considerations for successful drainage of these collections.

publication date

  • October 1, 2017

Research

keywords

  • Drainage
  • Endosonography
  • Exudates and Transudates
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85029756428

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.giec.2017.06.010

PubMed ID

  • 28918808

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 27

issue

  • 4