• 한국간담췌외과학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.298-307
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• 2022

Portal cavernoma cholangiopathy is defined as an obstruction of the biliary system due to distended veins surrounding bile ducts that mainly occur in patients with extrahepatic portal venous obstruction. The periductal venous plexuses encircling the ducts can cause morphological changes which may or may not become symptomatic. Currently, non-invasive techniques such as ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, and dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance images are being used to diagnose this disorder. Only a few patients who have symptoms of biliary obstruction require drainage which might be accomplished using endoscopic stenting, decompression of the portal venous system usually via a lienorenal shunt, a difficult direct hepaticojejunostomy, and rarely a liver transplant.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제83권1호
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• pp.224-229
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• 2022

담관 원주 증후군은 간이식을 받은 환자들에게서 발생하는 흔치 않은 합병증이다. 간이식을 받은 환자의 약 5%-18%에서 발생한다. 간이식을 받지 않은 환자에게서 드물게 담관 원주 증후군이 발생하는 것으로 보고되었다. 이식 후 담관 손상, 허혈, 담도 감염, 수술 후 거치된 담도 배액관 등이 병리요인으로 제안되었으나 담도 원주의 병리현상은 아직 명확히 규명되지 않았다. 이에 저자들은 간이식을 받지 않은 49세 남성에게서 총담관 결석에 대해 내시경과 경피적 담관 조영 시술 후에 발생된 담관 원주 증후군의 사례를 소개한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권14호
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• pp.5617-5620
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• 2014

Objective: To evaluate the prognosis of different ways of drainage for patients with obstructive jaundice caused by hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Materials and Methods: During the period of January 2006- March 2012, percutaneous transhepatic catheter drainage (PTCD)/ percutaneous transhepatic biliary stenting (PTBS) were performed for 89 patients. According to percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC), external drainage was selected if the region of obstruction could not be passed by guide wire or a metallic stent was inserted if it could. External drainage was the first choice if infection was diagnosed before the procedure, and a metallic stent was inserted in one week after the infection was under control. Selection by new infections, the degree of bilirubin decrease, the change of ALT, the time of recurrence of obstruction, and the survival time of patients as the parameters was conducted to evaluate the methods of different interventional treatments regarding prognosis of patients with hilar obstruction caused by hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Results: PTCD was conducted in 6 patients and PTBS in 7 (p<0.05). Reduction of bilirubin levels and ALT levels was obvious after the procedures (p<0.05). The average survival time with PTCD was 161 days and with PTBS was 243 days (p<0.05). Conclusions: With both drainage procedures for obstructive jaundice caused by hilar cholangiocarcinoma improvement in liver function was obvious. PTBS was found to be better than PTCD for prolonging the patient survival.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제84권6호
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• pp.1350-1360
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• 2023

목적 악성 담관 폐쇄 환자에서 경피경간 담도 배액술을 시행할 때 유증상 이탈을 유발하는 예측 인자에 대해 연구를 진행하고자 한다. 대상과 방법 2010년 1월부터 2015년 2월까지 572명의 악성 담관 폐쇄 환자에서 시행한 733건의 경피경간 담도 배액술을 대상으로 후향적 연구를 시행하였다. 카테터의 거치 기간, 접근 위치, 카테터 팁의 위치, 삽입 각도, 피그테일 루프의 유무, 도관 직경을 평가하였다. 결과 추적관찰 기간 동안 157명의 환자에서 224건(30.56%)의 도관 이탈이 발생하였다. 그중 146건(19.92%)가 유증상 도관 이탈이었다. 배액관 이탈 발생까지의 기간은 평균 30일(범위: 1-159일)이었다. 유증상 도관 이탈은 배액관의 교체(137명) 또는 담관 스텐트 삽입(9명)을 통해 치료하였다. 남성(교차비: 1.636, 95% 신뢰구간: 1.131-2.367, p = 0.009), 우측 접근(교차비: 1.567, 95% 신뢰구간: 1.080-2.274, p = 0.018), 도관 삽입 각도 증가(교차비: 1.015, 95% 신뢰구간: 1.005-1.026, p = 0.005), 불완전 피그테일 루프(교차비: 1.672, 95% 신뢰구간: 1.098-2.545, p = 0.016)가 독립적인 경피경간 담도 배액술 도관 유증상 이탈의 예측 인자였다. 결론 유증상 이탈을 유발하는 예측인자에는 남성, 우측 접근, 도관 삽입 각도 증가, 불완전 피그테일 루프가 있다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.144-147
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• 1998

저자들은 복부 둔상 후에 발생한 담도 단독 협착을 보인 환아에서 수술적인 치료를 대신하여 내시경적 경비담도 배액술과 플라스틱 스텐트 삽입으로 증상의 호전과 2년의 추적관찰에서 재발을 보이지 않고 있는 1례를 경험하여 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Clinical Endoscopy
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.458-462
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• 2022

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided hepaticogastrostomy (HGS) is widely performed not only as an alternative to transpapillary biliary drainage, but also as primary drainage for malignant biliary obstruction. For anatomical reasons, this technique carries an unavoidable risk of mispuncturing intrahepatic vessels. We report a technique for troubleshooting EUS-guided portal vein coiling to prevent bleeding from the intrahepatic portal vein after mispuncture during interventional EUS. EUS-HGS was planned for a 59-year-old male patient with unresectable pancreatic cancer. The dilated bile duct (lumen diameter, 2.8 mm) was punctured with a 19-gauge needle, and a guidewire was inserted. After bougie dilation, the guidewire was found to be inside the intrahepatic portal vein. Embolizing coils were placed to prevent bleeding. Embolization coils were successfully inserted under stabilization of the catheter using a double-lumen cannula with a guidewire. Following these procedures, the patient was asymptomatic. Computed tomography performed the next day revealed no complications.

• Clinical Endoscopy
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.122-127
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• 2024

Benign biliary stricture (BBS) is a complication of chronic pancreatitis (CP). Despite endoscopic biliary stenting, some patients do not respond to treatment, and they experience recurrent cholangitis. We report two cases of CP with refractory BBS treated using endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDS) fistula creation. A 50-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man both presented with obstructive jaundice secondary to BBS due to alcoholic CP. They underwent repeated placement of a fully covered self-expandable metal stent for biliary strictures. However, the strictures persisted, causing repeated episodes of cholangitis. Therefore, an EUS-CDS was performed. The stents were eventually removed and the patients became stent-free. These fistulas have remained patent without cholangitis for more than 2.5 years. Fistula creation using EUS-CDS is an effective treatment option for BBS.

• Clinical Endoscopy
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.175-180
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• 2024

Therapeutic endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) procedures using the forward-viewing convex EUS (FV-EUS) have been reviewed based on the articles reported to date. The earliest reported procedure is the drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts using FV-EUS. However, the study on drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts focused on showing that drainage is possible with FV-EUS rather than leveraging its features. Subsequently, studies describing the characteristics of FV-EUS have been reported. By using FV-EUS in EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy, double punctures in the gastrointestinal tract can be avoided. In postoperative modified anatomical cases, using the endoscopic function of FV-EUS, procedures such as bile duct drainage from anastomosis, pancreatic duct drainage from the afferent limb, and abscess drainage from the digestive tract have been reported. When a perpendicular puncture to the gastrointestinal tract is required or when there is a need to insert the endoscope deep into the gastrointestinal tract, FV-EUS is considered among the options.

• 한국간담췌외과학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.220-225
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• 2023

Congenital duplication of the extrahepatic bile duct (DEBD) is an unusual anomaly of the biliary system. It occurs due to inability of the embryological duplex biliary system to regress. DEBD has various subtypes depending on the morphology and opening of the aberrant common bile duct. It can have distinct complications. We encountered a 38-year-old lady who experienced pain in the right upper abdomen along with a low-grade fever. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography revealed DEBD with multiple calculi in the right hepatic duct (ductolithiasis) and joining of the right hepatic duct with the left hepatic duct in the intrapancreatic region. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography failed to clear the calculi from the right duct. They were then managed by common bile duct exploration and roux-en-Y right hepaticojejunostomy for biliary drainage. Her postoperative period was uneventful. She is currently doing well after three months of follow-up. Hence, a proper preoperative delineation of such rare anomalies is essential. It could avoid inadvertent injury to the bile duct and operative complications.

• Clinical Endoscopy
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.100-106
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• 2023

Background/Aims: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has become an essential diagnostic and therapeutic tool. EUS was introduced in 2013 in Indonesia and is considered relatively new. This study aimed to describe the current role of interventional EUS at our hospital as a part of the Indonesian tertiary health center experience. Methods: This retrospective study included all patients who underwent interventional EUS (n=94) at our center between January 2015 and December 2020. Patient characteristics, technical success, clinical success, and adverse events associated with each type of interventional EUS procedure were evaluated. Results: Altogether, 94 interventional EUS procedures were performed at our center between 2015 and 2020 including 75 cases of EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD), 14 cases of EUS-guided pancreatic fluid drainage, and 5 cases of EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis. The technical and clinical success rates of EUS-BD were 98.6% and 52%, respectively. The technical success rate was 100% for both EUS-guided pancreatic fluid drainage and EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis. The adverse event rates were 10.6% and 7.1% for EUS-BD and EUS-guided pancreatic fluid drainage, respectively. Conclusions: EUS is an effective and safe tool for the treatment of gastrointestinal and biliary diseases. It has a low rate of adverse events, even in developing countries.