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Ben Maher

@eusdoctor

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) @UHSFT

Joined October 2010
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EUS-LB (BSG/RCR/RCP) 🔸Safe (AE 2%) & Effective (dx yield > 90%) 🔸⬆️ resolution imaging & detect smaller lesions than CT or US 🔸Superiority for targeted approach of focal lesions 🔸⬇️ sampling variability in heterogeneous parenchyma dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-20…
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EUS-CPN in Pancreatic ♋️ related pain did NOT improve 🔅Pain 🔅QOL 🔅Opioid consumption compared with oxycodone/fentanyl @eusdoctor @IRdoctoruk @GIE_Journal @NEndoscopy
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New from Endoscopedia: "Efficacy of EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis compared with medication alone for unresectable pancreatic cancer in the oxycodone/fentanyl era" by Yoshihide Kanno. endoscopedia.com/2020/07/30/…
Efficacy of EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis compared with medication alone for unresectable...

Efficacy of EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis compared with medication alone for unresectable...

Post written by Yoshihide Kanno, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Miyagi, Japan. The focus of our study was to evaluate the value of routine performance of E…

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Thank you @AmCollegeGastro for highlighting our study. For those interested, heres a summary of our @BrighamGI work comparing EUS guided coil embolization and absorbable gelatin sponge to traditional cyanoacrylate injection for bleeding gastric varices.
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In #CTGJournal: Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Coil Embolization With Absorbable Gelatin Sponge Appears Superior to Traditional Cyanoacrylate Injection for the Treatment of Gastric Varices @AhmadBazarbashi, et al. ➡️ bit.ly/2Ohlt74 clintranslgastro.com
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Possibly the first ever LAMS (Axios) in Pakistan for a pancreatic pseudocyst. A brilliant day of live EUS cases at Gambt, a far flung area of Pakistan. Well done and many thanks to GIMS & team ⁦@Boneclctr4023⁩ facebook.com/100000045254465…
Affan Qaiser

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First ever Axios (LAMS) stent placed in Pakistan for pancreatic pseudocyst in GAMBAT GI unit by Prof.Dr.Mujahid Hassan ,Dr. Nadeem Tehami and team. Stent costed half a million, but zero rupee to...

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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gall bladder drainage should be offered as an alternative to other procedures for patients with significant comorbidities: cle.clinic/2FOla0J
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JVIR@JVIRmedia8 Aug 2019
Temporary Balloon Occlusion for Hepatic Arterial Flow Redistribution during Yttrium-90 Radioembolization | ow.ly/BR5E50vjjgX #irad @Savvy_Fletch
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First in-Human Gallbladder Cryoablation in a Patient with Acute Calculous Cholecystitis Initially Treated with a Cholecystostomy Tube | ow.ly/Jvzx50vjjn9 #irad @ArizonaVIR
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JVIR@JVIRmedia9 Aug 2019
SIR Consensus Guidelines for the Periprocedural Management of Thrombotic and Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Image-Guided Interventions—Part II: Recommendations | ow.ly/IY3F50vjjz9 #irad
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