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A novel technique to prevent stent migration into the esophagus after EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (with video)
Y. Okada
Atsushi Nakai
Motoko Sei
Kaizo Kagemoto
Koichi Okamoto
Masahiro Sogabe
H. Miyamoto
T. Takayama
Medicine
Abstract
EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS) is widely used for malignant biliary obstruction. [1] However, proximal stent migration into the esophagus can lead to bilious vomiting and severe reflux esophagitis, which occasionally requires surgical removal of the stent. [2,3] Herein, we report a novel endoscopic approach for safely managing esophageal migration of an EUS-HGS stent (Video 1)