“Vanishing needle tract” in endoscopic ultrasound–guided tissue acquisition sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Uncomplicated Choledocholithiasis in Elderly Patients: A Target Trial emulation comparing observation and ERCP. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
More guidance on WHAT immunosuppressant should be your nr. 1️⃣ choice in autoimmune hepatitis! 👉🏻 Azathioprine versus mycophenolate mofetil in treatment-naive autoimmune hepatitis: 3 year follow up of the CAMARO trial sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Very hot topic in scientific publishing! Presentation from our editorial board! @UEGJournal @my_ueg
Important to work on your own (digestive) health during meetings… Post-meeting 🏃 on the beautiful Montjuïc! @my_ueg
Just what you need after a lovely breakfast! A full session on (infected) 🦠pancreatic necrosis! @my_ueg
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✋ Discontinuing surveillance of Trivial IPMN is safe! Out in @UEGJournal
👍 25% would be discharged / No HGD missed!
💸 Money saved depend on local health care system
🍇 Prospective evaluation ongoing with @MarcBesselink @DeMadaria and others 🙋🏼♂️
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Should we follow up micronutrients in patients with chronic pancreatitis? And what predicts deficiencies?? 👉🏻sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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⏱️Immediate necrosectomy is not superior to an on-demand in #NecrotizingPancreatitis
🔸No clear benefit in clinical/technical success
🔸Adverse events & mortality similar
🔸Fewer stent migrations overall, not in RCT-only analysis
📖 #OpenAccess 👉 bit.ly/4jMrdpi
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🧬Familial/germline #PancreaticCancer risk is not linked to higher pancreatic fat
🔸AI matched expert radiologists closely
🔸Pancreatic fat: 25.8% vs 26.9% in controls
🔸Fat was linked to age, male sex, diabetes & BMI
📖 #OpenAccess 👉 bit.ly/47ehhxw
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💧Lactated Ringer’s remains the reference fluid for post-ERCP pancreatitis (#PEP) prevention
🔸PEP: 12.4% with lactated Ringer’s vs 11.5% acetate fluid
🔸No severe PEP or fluid overload
🔸Two-thirds completed hydration within 4h
📖 #OpenAccess 👉 bit.ly/4e5KKxi
Failed ERCP? EUS guided or percutaneous approach? Seems EUS superior in this trial from 🇩🇪 and 🇪🇸👉🏻 eref.thieme.de/ebooks/1438-8…
Seems we can take bit more time ⏰ before removing LAMS after peri-pancreatic drainage 👉🏻 thieme-connect.com/products/…
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🧭 International consensus set standards for EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy with LAMS
🔸Preferred over percutaneous drainage after failed ERCP
🔸CBD ≥15 mm preferred
🔸Oral intake within 24h after uncomplicated procedures
📖 #OpenAccess 👉 bit.ly/4jlz1OG
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🩺 EUS-guided gallbladder drainage shows high success in acute cholecystitis
🔸98.2% technical & 93.5% clinical success
🔸Transduodenal access with fewer events & recurrences
🔸LAMS>10 mm with fewer recurrences & lower mortality
📖 #OpenAccess 👉 bit.ly/4dvynKM
Treat exocrine dysfunction! BUT don’t expect it to 🔽 pain 👉🏻Impact of non-enteric-coated pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (NEPERT) on pain in patients with chronic pancreatitis: a double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, randomised trial gut.bmj.com/content/early/20…
Does type 2 diabetes cause exocrine dysfunction? 🧐 👉🏻 Type 2 diabetes mellitus is not associated with a clinically relevant exocrine pancreatic phenotype. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Learning curve of EUS-guided gastroenterostomy for the management of malignant gastric outlet obstruction: Data from a bicentric retrospective study ovid.com/10.1097/eus.0000000…














