![Loading...](https://link.springer.com/static/c4a417b97a76cc2980e3c25e2271af3129e08bbe/images/pdf-preview/spacer.gif)
-
Article
Direct Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Versus Radiological Gastrostomy in Patients Unable to Undergo Transoral Endoscopic Pull Gastrostomy
A subset of patients needing long-term enteral access are unable to undergo a conventional transoral “pull” percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). We assessed the safety and efficacy of an introducer-style...
-
Article
Interobserver Agreement for Classifying Post-liver Transplant Biliary Strictures in Donation After Circulatory Death Donors
Biliary strictures are a common complication of donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplantation (LT) and require multiple endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures. Three cl...
-
Article
Familial pancreatic cancer risk: a population-based study in Utah
Pancreas adenocarcinoma (PC) has an undefined hereditary component. We quantified the familial risk of PC among relatives of patients diagnosed with PC and stratified it based on anatomic location of PC and ag...
-
Article
Predictors of Biliary Strictures After Liver Transplantation Among Recipients of DCD (Donation After Cardiac Death) Grafts
Biliary strictures are a common complication among donation after cardiac death (DCD) liver transplantation (LT) recipients and may require multiple endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) proced...
-
Article
Surgery Reduces Risk of Complications Even in High-Risk Veterans After Endoscopic Therapy for Biliary Stone Disease
In otherwise healthy patients, randomized trials have shown reduced mortality with cholecystectomy (CCY) when compared to non-operative management after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) fo...
-
Article
Eliminating Duodenoscope-Associated Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE): In Search of an Optimal Strategy
-
Article
Diagnostic Accuracy of Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Imaging in Detecting Biliary Strictures After Liver Transplantation
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is often required to diagnose post-liver transplant (LT) biliary strictures. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of noninvasive laboratory and imaging tes...
-
Article
What Factors Are Associated with the Difficult-to-Sedate Endoscopy Patient?
Difficult sedation during endoscopy results in inadequate examinations and aborted procedures. We hypothesized that gender, alcohol abuse, physical/sexual abuse, and anxiety are predictors of difficult-to-seda...
-
Article
Safety and efficacy of therapeutic endoscopic interventions in the management of biliary leak
Endoscopic procedures which reduce the trans-papillary pressure gradient are the treatment of choice for management of biliary leaks. We analyzed the data of 102 patients with biliary leak managed by various e...