{"title":"Clinical utility of the forward-viewing echoendoscope in patients after pancreatoduodenectomy: A prospective study","authors":"Hirotoshi Ishiwatari, Junichi Kaneko, Junya Sato, Tatsunori Satoh, Kazuma Ishikawa, Fumitaka Niiya, Hiroyuki Matsubayashi, Tatsunori Minamide, Yuki Maeda, Youichi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Kishida, Masao Yoshida, Sayo Ito, Noboru Kawata, Kenichiro Imai, Kinichi Hotta, Taisuke Imamura, Teiichi Sugiura, Katsuhiko Uesaka, Hiroyuki Ono","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000027","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Endoscopic treatment of obstructive jaundice and pancreatitis due to hepaticojejunostomy (H-J), pancreatojejunostomy (P-J) strictures, and tumor recurrence after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) is technically challenging. Treatment of P-J strictures results in poor outcomes. Although conventional EUS that has an oblique view is not suitable for such patients, forward-viewing EUS (FV-EUS) may become a useful option. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of FV-EUS in patients who have undergone PD. Patients and methods Patients with PD who were scheduled to undergo diagnosis and treatment using FV-EUS for H-J or P-J lesions were enrolled in this single-center prospective study. After observation of the P-J and H-J using FV-EUS according to a predetermined protocol, treatment using FV-EUS was performed as needed. Results A total of 30 patients were enrolled, and FV-EUS was used to observe P-J and H-J in 24 and 28 patients, respectively. The detection rates of P-J and H-J by endoscopy were 50% (12/24) and 96.4% (27/28), respectively, and by EUS were 70.8% (17/24) and 100% (28/28), respectively. Of these, P-J and H-J were found by endoscopy only after EUS observation in 3 and 1 patient, respectively. The success rates of endoscopic treatment using FV-EUS were 66.7% (2/3), 95.2% (20/21), and 25% (1/4) for benign P-J strictures, benign H-J strictures, and tumor recurrence, respectively. Conclusions Endoscopic treatment using FV-EUS is feasible and effective for patients after PD. Moreover, FV-EUS increases the P-J lesion detection rate by adding EUS observation.","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"51 21","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000027","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Endoscopic treatment of obstructive jaundice and pancreatitis due to hepaticojejunostomy (H-J), pancreatojejunostomy (P-J) strictures, and tumor recurrence after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) is technically challenging. Treatment of P-J strictures results in poor outcomes. Although conventional EUS that has an oblique view is not suitable for such patients, forward-viewing EUS (FV-EUS) may become a useful option. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of FV-EUS in patients who have undergone PD. Patients and methods Patients with PD who were scheduled to undergo diagnosis and treatment using FV-EUS for H-J or P-J lesions were enrolled in this single-center prospective study. After observation of the P-J and H-J using FV-EUS according to a predetermined protocol, treatment using FV-EUS was performed as needed. Results A total of 30 patients were enrolled, and FV-EUS was used to observe P-J and H-J in 24 and 28 patients, respectively. The detection rates of P-J and H-J by endoscopy were 50% (12/24) and 96.4% (27/28), respectively, and by EUS were 70.8% (17/24) and 100% (28/28), respectively. Of these, P-J and H-J were found by endoscopy only after EUS observation in 3 and 1 patient, respectively. The success rates of endoscopic treatment using FV-EUS were 66.7% (2/3), 95.2% (20/21), and 25% (1/4) for benign P-J strictures, benign H-J strictures, and tumor recurrence, respectively. Conclusions Endoscopic treatment using FV-EUS is feasible and effective for patients after PD. Moreover, FV-EUS increases the P-J lesion detection rate by adding EUS observation.
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Endoscopic Ultrasound, a publication of Euro-EUS Scientific Committee, Asia-Pacific EUS Task Force and Latin American Chapter of EUS, is a peer-reviewed online journal with Quarterly print on demand compilation of issues published. The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.eusjournal.com. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. The journal does not charge for submission, processing or publication of manuscripts and even for color reproduction of photographs.