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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Apr 16, 2015; 7(4): 381-388
Published online Apr 16, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i4.381
Published online Apr 16, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i4.381
Advances in the endoscopic management of pancreatic collections
David Ruiz-Clavijo, Belen González de la Higuera, Juan J Vila, Biliary and Pancreatic diseases Unit, Gastroenterology Department, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Author contributions: Ruiz-Clavijo D, González de la Higuera B and Vila JJ contributed to this paper.
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Correspondence to: Dr. David Ruiz-Clavijo, Biliary and Pancreatic diseases Unit, Gastroenterology Department, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Irunlarrea 3, 31008 Pamplona, Spain. davidruizcla@gmail.com
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Received: October 29, 2014
Peer-review started: November 2, 2014
First decision: December 12, 2014
Revised: December 30, 2014
Accepted: January 15, 2015
Article in press: January 19, 2015
Published online: April 16, 2015
Peer-review started: November 2, 2014
First decision: December 12, 2014
Revised: December 30, 2014
Accepted: January 15, 2015
Article in press: January 19, 2015
Published online: April 16, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: The interventional endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) development has become in recent years as the first therapeutic alternative for the management of pancreatic collections. The great advantage of EUS is the possibility to in see in real-time image with ultrasound guidance all the material previously introduced into the working channel. The new classification of Atlanta 2012 defines two different evolved pancreatic collections (≥ 4 wk) such as pseudocysts and necrotic encapsulated collections. If both types of collections are symptomatic, they would be subsidiaries of treatment. Given their morphological differences, the technique is similar but the stents used and the results generated differ.