Olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) received a literature titled "endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage for the management of acute calculus cholecystitis patients unfit for urgent cholecystectomy".Literature summary: this retrospective single-center study was aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage (etgbd) using via endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder stenting (etgbs) or endoscopic naso-gallbladder drainage (engbd), as either a bridge or a definitive treatment for patients with acc when cholecystectomy is delayed or cannot be performed.The study also examined the long-term etgbs outcomes.A total of 171 patients with acute calculus cholecystitis (acc) were included in the study who were retrospectively reviewed and evaluated for technical and clinical success rates and adverse events.The study also examined the predictive factors for technical success and the stent patency in the etgbs group with high surgical risks.In result, the reported technical and clinical success rates by intention-to-treat analysis for etgbd were 90.6% and 90.1%, respectively.While the adverse events occurred in 12.2% of patients but all were managed conservatively and/or with endoscopic treatment.Again, among the etgbs group, the median stent patency in 70 patients with high surgical risk was 503 days (interquartile range: 404.25¿775 days).In conclusion, the study said that etgbd, using either etgbs or engbd, was a suitable bridging option for acc patients unfit for urgent cholecystectomy.And also, in high surgical risk patients, etgbs may be a promising and useful treatment modality with low acc recurrence.Type of adverse events/number of patients: early adverse events: pancreatitis - (9), post est bleeding - (4).Late adverse events: acute cholangitis - (3).
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Additional information provided by the author: in the medical opinion of the author, after removing the stent, he said the adverse event was not related to the jf-260v scope at all and that there were no complaints or problems when using the scope.It is unclear which event the author is referencing.
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