BACKGROUND:Endoscopic therapy has been successful in the management of biliary complications after both deceased donor liver transplantation(DDLT) and living donor liver transplantation(LDLT).LDLT is thought to be ass...BACKGROUND:Endoscopic therapy has been successful in the management of biliary complications after both deceased donor liver transplantation(DDLT) and living donor liver transplantation(LDLT).LDLT is thought to be associated with higher rates of biliary complications,but there are few studies comparing the success of endoscopic management of anastomotic strictures between the two groups.This study aims to compare our experience in the endoscopic management of anastomotic strictures in DDLT versus LDLT.METHODS:This is a retrospective database review of all liver transplant patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP) after liver transplantation.The frequency of anastomotic stricture and the time to develop and to resolve anastomotic stricture were compared between DDLT and LDLT.The response of anastomotic stricture to endoscopic therapy was also analyzed.RESULTS:A total of 362 patients underwent liver transplantation between 2003 and 2011,with 125 requiring ERCP to manage biliary complications.Thirty-three(9.9%) cases of DDLT and 8(27.6%) of LDLT(P=0.01) were found to have anastomotic stricture.When comparing DDLT and LDLT,there was no difference in the mean time to the development of anastomotic strictures(98±17 vs 172±65 days,P=0.11),likelihood of response to ERCP [22(66.7%) vs 6(75.0%),P=0.69],mean time to the resolution of anastomotic strictures(268±77 vs 125±37 days,P=0.34),and the number of ERCPs required to achieve resolution(3.9±0.4 vs 4.7±0.9,P=0.38).CONCLUSIONS:Endoscopic therapy is effective in the majority of biliary complications relating to liver transplantation.Anastomotic strictures occur more frequently in LDLT compared with DDLT,with equivalent endoscopic treatment response and outcomes for both groups.展开更多
Background: Endoscopic treatment of biliopancreatic pathology is challenging due to surgically altered anatomy after Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of si...Background: Endoscopic treatment of biliopancreatic pathology is challenging due to surgically altered anatomy after Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of single-balloon enteroscopy-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(SBE-ERCP) to treat biliopancreatic pathology in patients with Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy surgical variants. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 106 SBE-ERCP procedures in 46 patients with Whipple's variants. Technical and clinical success rates and adverse events were evaluated. Results: Biliary SBE-ERCP was performed in 34 patients and pancreatic SBE-ERCP in 17, including 5 with both indications. From a total of 106 SBE-ERCP procedures, 76 were biliary indication with technical success rate of 68/76(90%) procedures and clinical success rate of 30/34(88%) patients. Mild adverse event rate was 8/76(11%), without serious adverse events. From a total of 106 SBE-ERCP procedures, 30 were pancreatic indication with technical success rate of 24/30(80%) procedures( P = 0.194 vs. biliary SBEERCP) and clinical success rate of 11/17(65%) patients( P = 0.016 vs. biliary SBE-ERCP). Mild adverse event rate was 6/30(20%)( P = 0.194 vs. biliary SBE-ERCP), without serious adverse events. After SBE-ERCP failure, endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage, percutaneous drainage and redo surgery were alternative therapeutic options. Conclusions: Biliopancreatic pathology after Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy variants can be treated using SBE-ERCP without serious adverse events. Technical and clinical success rates are high for biliary indications, whereas clinical success rate of pancreatic indications is significantly lower. SBE-ERCP can be considered as first-line treatment option in this patient group with surgically altered anatomy.展开更多
A 73-year-old man underwent endoscopic mucosal resection(EMR) of a 20-mm flat elevated lesion on the transverse colon. The morning after the procedure, he started to have severe right upper quadrant pain after his fir...A 73-year-old man underwent endoscopic mucosal resection(EMR) of a 20-mm flat elevated lesion on the transverse colon. The morning after the procedure, he started to have severe right upper quadrant pain after his first meal. A computed tomography scan revealed free air and a stomach filled with food. He was diagnosed to have delayed post-EMR intestinal perforation. He underwent emergent colonoscopy and clipping of the perforated site. He was discharged 8 d after the endoscopic closure without the need for surgical intervention. The meal was not the cause of the colon transversum perforation.展开更多
AIM: To investigate potential therapeutic recommendations for endoscopic and surgical resection of T1a/ T1b esophageal neoplasms. METHODS: A thorough search of electronic databases MEDLINE, Embase, Pubmed and Cochrane...AIM: To investigate potential therapeutic recommendations for endoscopic and surgical resection of T1a/ T1b esophageal neoplasms. METHODS: A thorough search of electronic databases MEDLINE, Embase, Pubmed and Cochrane Library, from 1997 up to January 2011 was performed. An analysis was carried out, pooling the effects of outcomes of 4241 patients enrolled in 80 retrospective studies. For comparisons across studies, each reporting on only one endoscopic method, we used a random effects meta-regression of the log-odds of the outcome of treatment in each study. "Neural networks" as a data mining technique was employed in order to establish a prediction model of lymph node status in superficial submucosal esophageal carcinoma. Another data mining technique, the "feature selection and root cause analysis", was used to identify the most impor-tant predictors of local recurrence and metachronous cancer development in endoscopically resected patients, and lymph node positivity in squamous carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (ADC) separately in surgically resected patients. RESULTS: Endoscopically resected patients: Low grade dysplasia was observed in 4% of patients, high grade dysplasia in 14.6%, carcinoma in situ in 19%, mucosal cancer in 54%, and submucosal cancer in 16% of patients. There were no significant differences between endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for the following parameters: complications, patients submitted to surgery, positive margins, lymph node positivity, local recurrence and metachronous cancer. With regard to piecemeal resection, ESD performed better since the number of cases was significantly less [coefficient: -7.709438, 95%CI: (-11.03803, -4.380844), P < 0.001]; hence local recurrence rates were significantly lower [coefficient: -4.033528, 95%CI: (-6.151498, -1.915559),P < 0.01]. A higher rate of esophageal stenosis was observed following ESD [coefficient: 7.322266, 95%CI: (3.810146, 10.83439), P < 0.001]. A significantly greater number of SCC patients were submitted to surgery (log-odds, ADC: -2.1206 ± 0.6249 vs SCC: 4.1356 ± 0.4038, P < 0.05). The odds for re-classification of tumor stage after endoscopic resection were 53% and 39% for ADC and SCC, respectively. Local tumor recurrence was best predicted by grade 3 differentiation and piecemeal resection, metachronous cancer development by the carcinoma in situ component, and lymph node positivity by lymphovascular invasion. With regard to surgically resected patients: Significant differences in patients with positive lymph nodes were observed between ADC and SCC [coefficient: 1.889569, 95%CI: (0.3945146, 3.384624), P<0.01). In contrast, lymphovascular and microvascular invasion and grade 3 patients between histologic types were comparable, the respective rank order of the predictors of lymph node positivity was: Grade 3, lymphovascular invasion (L+), microvascular invasion (V+), submucosal (Sm) 3 invasion, Sm2 invasion and Sm1 invasion. Histologic type (ADC/SCC) was not included in the model. The best predictors for SCC lymph node positivity were Sm3 invasion and (V+). For ADC, the most important predictor was (L+). CONCLUSION: Local tumor recurrence is predicted by grade 3, metachronous cancer by the carcinoma insitu component, and lymph node positivity by L+. T1b cancer should be treated with surgical resection.展开更多
目的探讨十二指肠镜治疗无明显胆管扩张型胰胆管合流异常(pancreaticobiliary maljunction without obvious biliary dilatation,PBM-nonOBD)患儿的手术疗效及预后不良相关因素。方法回顾性分析复旦大学附属儿科医院自2020年1月至2022...目的探讨十二指肠镜治疗无明显胆管扩张型胰胆管合流异常(pancreaticobiliary maljunction without obvious biliary dilatation,PBM-nonOBD)患儿的手术疗效及预后不良相关因素。方法回顾性分析复旦大学附属儿科医院自2020年1月至2022年12月收治的内镜治疗PBM-nonOBD患儿的临床资料(包括人口学资料、临床症状、实验室检查及影像学资料),并对患儿进行随访。采用单因素分析及多因素Logistic回归分析十二指肠镜治疗PBM-nonOBD患儿不良预后的危险因素,并绘制受试者工作特征(receiver operating characteristic,ROC)曲线分析相关危险因素的预测价值。结果本研究共纳入44例患儿,随访时间(19.7±8.6)个月,治愈率为54.5%(24/44),其中治疗有效24例(为治疗有效组),治疗无效20例(为治疗无效组)。术后不良事件以十二指肠镜逆行性胆胰管造影术后胰腺炎最常见(7/44,15.9%),其中27.3%(12/44)的患儿最终需接受根治术,15.9%(7/44)的患儿需接受再次内镜治疗。治疗有效组胰胆管合流异常(pancreaticobiliary maljunction,PBM)分型以B型和D型为主,占比分别为41.7%(10/24)和37.5%(9/24)。单因素分析结果显示,年龄偏小、胰胆共同管直径较长、胆总管最宽直径较宽是PBM-nonOBD患儿内镜手术后预后不良的相关因素(P<0.05);多因素Logistic回归分析发现,年龄偏小(OR=1.645,95%CI:1.645~2.309)及胰胆共同管直径较长(OR=0.720,95%CI:0.720~0.968)是PBM-nonOBD患儿预后不良的独立危险因素(P<0.05),曲线下面积(area under the ROC curve,AUC)分别为0.838(95%CI:0.719~0.958)和0.731(95%CI:0.567~0.894),最佳截断值分别为4.9岁和8.8 mm。结论十二指肠镜手术创伤小,不会导致严重并发症,可有效缓解部分PBM-nonOBD患儿症状;年龄偏小和胰胆共同管长度较长可能与十二指肠镜治疗PBM-nonOBD预后不良相关。展开更多
Choledochocele(also known as type?Ⅲ?choledochal cyst according to Todani's classification) is a cystic dilation of the distal segment of the common bile duct protru-ding into the duodenal lumen. Cases are rare an...Choledochocele(also known as type?Ⅲ?choledochal cyst according to Todani's classification) is a cystic dilation of the distal segment of the common bile duct protru-ding into the duodenal lumen. Cases are rare and the etiology remains unclear. It is usually misdiagnosed as peptic ulcer, as in the patient whose case is described here. Multislice spiral computed tomography and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography may be comparable to endoscopic retrograde cholangiogra-phy for diagnosis of choledochocele. Both endoscopic therapy and open surgical management are safe options, and size of the cyst plays a role in the decision-making for which approach to apply. A 50-year-old woman admitted to our hospital with upper abdominal pain caused by choledochocele with large size was successfully treated by open surgical management. We present the details of her case in this case report and discuss the recent literature on such cases and their therapeutic management.展开更多
Background Spinal pain is a serious health and social-economic problem.Endoscopic spine surgery as a treatment option for spinal pain has gained tremendous attention and growth in the past 2 decades,and a variety of e...Background Spinal pain is a serious health and social-economic problem.Endoscopic spine surgery as a treatment option for spinal pain has gained tremendous attention and growth in the past 2 decades,and a variety of endoscopic techniques have been invented to treat a wide range of spinal conditions.Purposes The purposes of this 2-part review article are to 1) overview the published techniques of endoscopic spine surgery,2) summarize the applications of these techniques in treating various spinal conditions,and 3) evaluate the clinical evidence of the safety and effectiveness of these endoscopic techniques in treating some of the most common spinal conditions.The first part of the review article provides an overview of currently most commonly used techniques.Methods We searched the PubMed database for publications concerning endoscopic spine surgery and reviewed the relevant articles published in the English language.Results Discectomy and foraminotomy are the most common types of spine surgery that can currently be done endoscopically.Endoscopic techniques have been used to treat a wide range of spinal disorders located in the lumbar,cervical,as well as the thoracic regions of the spine.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND:Endoscopic therapy has been successful in the management of biliary complications after both deceased donor liver transplantation(DDLT) and living donor liver transplantation(LDLT).LDLT is thought to be associated with higher rates of biliary complications,but there are few studies comparing the success of endoscopic management of anastomotic strictures between the two groups.This study aims to compare our experience in the endoscopic management of anastomotic strictures in DDLT versus LDLT.METHODS:This is a retrospective database review of all liver transplant patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP) after liver transplantation.The frequency of anastomotic stricture and the time to develop and to resolve anastomotic stricture were compared between DDLT and LDLT.The response of anastomotic stricture to endoscopic therapy was also analyzed.RESULTS:A total of 362 patients underwent liver transplantation between 2003 and 2011,with 125 requiring ERCP to manage biliary complications.Thirty-three(9.9%) cases of DDLT and 8(27.6%) of LDLT(P=0.01) were found to have anastomotic stricture.When comparing DDLT and LDLT,there was no difference in the mean time to the development of anastomotic strictures(98±17 vs 172±65 days,P=0.11),likelihood of response to ERCP [22(66.7%) vs 6(75.0%),P=0.69],mean time to the resolution of anastomotic strictures(268±77 vs 125±37 days,P=0.34),and the number of ERCPs required to achieve resolution(3.9±0.4 vs 4.7±0.9,P=0.38).CONCLUSIONS:Endoscopic therapy is effective in the majority of biliary complications relating to liver transplantation.Anastomotic strictures occur more frequently in LDLT compared with DDLT,with equivalent endoscopic treatment response and outcomes for both groups.
文摘Background: Endoscopic treatment of biliopancreatic pathology is challenging due to surgically altered anatomy after Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of single-balloon enteroscopy-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(SBE-ERCP) to treat biliopancreatic pathology in patients with Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy surgical variants. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 106 SBE-ERCP procedures in 46 patients with Whipple's variants. Technical and clinical success rates and adverse events were evaluated. Results: Biliary SBE-ERCP was performed in 34 patients and pancreatic SBE-ERCP in 17, including 5 with both indications. From a total of 106 SBE-ERCP procedures, 76 were biliary indication with technical success rate of 68/76(90%) procedures and clinical success rate of 30/34(88%) patients. Mild adverse event rate was 8/76(11%), without serious adverse events. From a total of 106 SBE-ERCP procedures, 30 were pancreatic indication with technical success rate of 24/30(80%) procedures( P = 0.194 vs. biliary SBEERCP) and clinical success rate of 11/17(65%) patients( P = 0.016 vs. biliary SBE-ERCP). Mild adverse event rate was 6/30(20%)( P = 0.194 vs. biliary SBE-ERCP), without serious adverse events. After SBE-ERCP failure, endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage, percutaneous drainage and redo surgery were alternative therapeutic options. Conclusions: Biliopancreatic pathology after Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy variants can be treated using SBE-ERCP without serious adverse events. Technical and clinical success rates are high for biliary indications, whereas clinical success rate of pancreatic indications is significantly lower. SBE-ERCP can be considered as first-line treatment option in this patient group with surgically altered anatomy.
文摘A 73-year-old man underwent endoscopic mucosal resection(EMR) of a 20-mm flat elevated lesion on the transverse colon. The morning after the procedure, he started to have severe right upper quadrant pain after his first meal. A computed tomography scan revealed free air and a stomach filled with food. He was diagnosed to have delayed post-EMR intestinal perforation. He underwent emergent colonoscopy and clipping of the perforated site. He was discharged 8 d after the endoscopic closure without the need for surgical intervention. The meal was not the cause of the colon transversum perforation.
文摘AIM: To investigate potential therapeutic recommendations for endoscopic and surgical resection of T1a/ T1b esophageal neoplasms. METHODS: A thorough search of electronic databases MEDLINE, Embase, Pubmed and Cochrane Library, from 1997 up to January 2011 was performed. An analysis was carried out, pooling the effects of outcomes of 4241 patients enrolled in 80 retrospective studies. For comparisons across studies, each reporting on only one endoscopic method, we used a random effects meta-regression of the log-odds of the outcome of treatment in each study. "Neural networks" as a data mining technique was employed in order to establish a prediction model of lymph node status in superficial submucosal esophageal carcinoma. Another data mining technique, the "feature selection and root cause analysis", was used to identify the most impor-tant predictors of local recurrence and metachronous cancer development in endoscopically resected patients, and lymph node positivity in squamous carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (ADC) separately in surgically resected patients. RESULTS: Endoscopically resected patients: Low grade dysplasia was observed in 4% of patients, high grade dysplasia in 14.6%, carcinoma in situ in 19%, mucosal cancer in 54%, and submucosal cancer in 16% of patients. There were no significant differences between endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for the following parameters: complications, patients submitted to surgery, positive margins, lymph node positivity, local recurrence and metachronous cancer. With regard to piecemeal resection, ESD performed better since the number of cases was significantly less [coefficient: -7.709438, 95%CI: (-11.03803, -4.380844), P < 0.001]; hence local recurrence rates were significantly lower [coefficient: -4.033528, 95%CI: (-6.151498, -1.915559),P < 0.01]. A higher rate of esophageal stenosis was observed following ESD [coefficient: 7.322266, 95%CI: (3.810146, 10.83439), P < 0.001]. A significantly greater number of SCC patients were submitted to surgery (log-odds, ADC: -2.1206 ± 0.6249 vs SCC: 4.1356 ± 0.4038, P < 0.05). The odds for re-classification of tumor stage after endoscopic resection were 53% and 39% for ADC and SCC, respectively. Local tumor recurrence was best predicted by grade 3 differentiation and piecemeal resection, metachronous cancer development by the carcinoma in situ component, and lymph node positivity by lymphovascular invasion. With regard to surgically resected patients: Significant differences in patients with positive lymph nodes were observed between ADC and SCC [coefficient: 1.889569, 95%CI: (0.3945146, 3.384624), P<0.01). In contrast, lymphovascular and microvascular invasion and grade 3 patients between histologic types were comparable, the respective rank order of the predictors of lymph node positivity was: Grade 3, lymphovascular invasion (L+), microvascular invasion (V+), submucosal (Sm) 3 invasion, Sm2 invasion and Sm1 invasion. Histologic type (ADC/SCC) was not included in the model. The best predictors for SCC lymph node positivity were Sm3 invasion and (V+). For ADC, the most important predictor was (L+). CONCLUSION: Local tumor recurrence is predicted by grade 3, metachronous cancer by the carcinoma insitu component, and lymph node positivity by L+. T1b cancer should be treated with surgical resection.
文摘目的探讨十二指肠镜治疗无明显胆管扩张型胰胆管合流异常(pancreaticobiliary maljunction without obvious biliary dilatation,PBM-nonOBD)患儿的手术疗效及预后不良相关因素。方法回顾性分析复旦大学附属儿科医院自2020年1月至2022年12月收治的内镜治疗PBM-nonOBD患儿的临床资料(包括人口学资料、临床症状、实验室检查及影像学资料),并对患儿进行随访。采用单因素分析及多因素Logistic回归分析十二指肠镜治疗PBM-nonOBD患儿不良预后的危险因素,并绘制受试者工作特征(receiver operating characteristic,ROC)曲线分析相关危险因素的预测价值。结果本研究共纳入44例患儿,随访时间(19.7±8.6)个月,治愈率为54.5%(24/44),其中治疗有效24例(为治疗有效组),治疗无效20例(为治疗无效组)。术后不良事件以十二指肠镜逆行性胆胰管造影术后胰腺炎最常见(7/44,15.9%),其中27.3%(12/44)的患儿最终需接受根治术,15.9%(7/44)的患儿需接受再次内镜治疗。治疗有效组胰胆管合流异常(pancreaticobiliary maljunction,PBM)分型以B型和D型为主,占比分别为41.7%(10/24)和37.5%(9/24)。单因素分析结果显示,年龄偏小、胰胆共同管直径较长、胆总管最宽直径较宽是PBM-nonOBD患儿内镜手术后预后不良的相关因素(P<0.05);多因素Logistic回归分析发现,年龄偏小(OR=1.645,95%CI:1.645~2.309)及胰胆共同管直径较长(OR=0.720,95%CI:0.720~0.968)是PBM-nonOBD患儿预后不良的独立危险因素(P<0.05),曲线下面积(area under the ROC curve,AUC)分别为0.838(95%CI:0.719~0.958)和0.731(95%CI:0.567~0.894),最佳截断值分别为4.9岁和8.8 mm。结论十二指肠镜手术创伤小,不会导致严重并发症,可有效缓解部分PBM-nonOBD患儿症状;年龄偏小和胰胆共同管长度较长可能与十二指肠镜治疗PBM-nonOBD预后不良相关。
文摘Choledochocele(also known as type?Ⅲ?choledochal cyst according to Todani's classification) is a cystic dilation of the distal segment of the common bile duct protru-ding into the duodenal lumen. Cases are rare and the etiology remains unclear. It is usually misdiagnosed as peptic ulcer, as in the patient whose case is described here. Multislice spiral computed tomography and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography may be comparable to endoscopic retrograde cholangiogra-phy for diagnosis of choledochocele. Both endoscopic therapy and open surgical management are safe options, and size of the cyst plays a role in the decision-making for which approach to apply. A 50-year-old woman admitted to our hospital with upper abdominal pain caused by choledochocele with large size was successfully treated by open surgical management. We present the details of her case in this case report and discuss the recent literature on such cases and their therapeutic management.
文摘Background Spinal pain is a serious health and social-economic problem.Endoscopic spine surgery as a treatment option for spinal pain has gained tremendous attention and growth in the past 2 decades,and a variety of endoscopic techniques have been invented to treat a wide range of spinal conditions.Purposes The purposes of this 2-part review article are to 1) overview the published techniques of endoscopic spine surgery,2) summarize the applications of these techniques in treating various spinal conditions,and 3) evaluate the clinical evidence of the safety and effectiveness of these endoscopic techniques in treating some of the most common spinal conditions.The first part of the review article provides an overview of currently most commonly used techniques.Methods We searched the PubMed database for publications concerning endoscopic spine surgery and reviewed the relevant articles published in the English language.Results Discectomy and foraminotomy are the most common types of spine surgery that can currently be done endoscopically.Endoscopic techniques have been used to treat a wide range of spinal disorders located in the lumbar,cervical,as well as the thoracic regions of the spine.
