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Trans-Ostomy Endoscopic Vacuum therapy of anastomotic dehiscence following a low anterior resection Open

Prashanth Rau, Thomas Peponis, Christopher Marshall, Jenna L’Heureux, J Zivný , et al. · 2025

WHY CAN'T WE GO THROUGH THE WINDOW? TRANS-OSTOMY ENDOSCOPIC VACUUM THERAPY (TOE-VAC) OF ANASTOMOSTIC DEHISCENCE FOLLOWING A LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION Open

Prashanth Rau, Thomas Peponis, Christopher Marshall, Jenna L’Heureux, J Zivný , et al. · 2025

EUS-guided gallbladder drainage vs dual stent transpapillary gallbladder drainage for management of acute cholecystitis Open

Dhruval Amin, Katherine M. Cooper, Prashanth Rau, Lea N. Sayegh, Nael M. Mostafa , et al. · 2025

Cholecystectomy (CCY) is the standard treatment for acute cholecystitis. For non-surgical patients, percutaneous cholecystostomy tube (PT-GBD) is recommended but is associated with high readmission rates and poor quality of life. Endoscopi…

Mass-Forming Gastric Heterotopia of the Rectum: A Series of 3 Cases from a Single Tertiary Health Center Open

Jeffrey D. Covington, Yang Zong, Arslan Talat, Cara Strock, Keith Tomaszewicz , et al. · 2022

BACKGROUND Gastric heterotopia is a benign entity found throughout the gastrointestinal tract but is rarely identified in the rectum. Since 1939, only 94 cases have ever been identified, and it can present as a mass formation with symptoma…

Single-session EUS-guided gastroenterostomy and EUS-guided gallbladder drainage in a patient with concomitant gastric outlet obstruction and acalculous cholecystitis Open

Arslan Talat, Steven Troy, Prashanth Rau, Mark Hanscom, Anupam Singh , et al. · 2021

Use of a novel helical tack system for the management of challenging upper gastrointestinal defects Open

Prashanth Rau, Mark Hanscom, Dhruval Amin, Arslan Talat, Anwar Dudekala , et al. · 2021

The helical tack system is a new device that may be useful for the closure of challenging upper GI defects. Additional comparative studies are needed to better understand the advantages and disadvantages of this system relative to other cl…

Novel dilation technique and stent selection to reduce periprocedural adverse events in left hepaticogastrostomy Open

Mark Hanscom, Stephen Anders, Shahrad Hakimian, Anwar Dudekala, Prashanth Rau , et al. · 2021

Endoscopic Management as a Viable Therapy for Pancreaticopleural and Pancreaticopericardial Fistulas Open

Sandy Chan, Matthew Petersile, Gustavo Churrango, J Zivný · 2021

Pancreatic fistulas are rare complications of chronic pancreatitis, typically caused when disruption of the pancreatic duct causes leakage of pancreatic fluid that erodes through neighboring organs and structures. Pancreatic fistulas to th…

Endoscopic Management of Giant Walled-Off Pancreatic Necrosis With a High Risk of Bleeding Open

Faysal Alhasan, Gilles Jadd Hoilat, Waddah Malas, Syed Mahmood, J Zivný , et al. · 2019

Walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WOPN) is one of the late complications of acute pancreatitis. We present a 37-year-old man who developed a large WOPN 6 weeks after treatment of severe complicated pancreatitis. Imaging studies revealed a ne…

Somatic molecular analysis augments cytologic evaluation of pancreatic cyst fluids as a diagnostic tool Open

Ali Sakhdari, Parnian Ahmadi Moghaddam, Chi Young Ok, Ottó Walter, Keith Tomaszewicz , et al. · 2019

Objective: Better tools are needed for early diagnosis and classification of pancreatic cystic lesions (PCL) to trigger intervention before neoplastic precursor lesions progress to adenocarcinoma. We evaluated the capacity of molecu…

Thirty-day outcomes underestimate endocrine and exocrine insufficiency after pancreatic resection Open

Pei‐Wen Lim, Kate H. Dinh, Mary Sullivan, Wahid Wassef, J Zivný , et al. · 2016

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