Ablative therapy in pancreatic cystic lesions

Antonio Guerrero García; Ferrán González-Huix; Michael J Levy; Ana García García de Paredes; Enrique Vázquez-Sequeiros

doi:10.1016/j.gastrohep.2018.07.004

Ablative therapy in pancreatic cystic lesions

Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jan;42(1):43-50. doi: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2018.07.004. Epub 2018 Aug 18.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Antonio Guerrero García¹, Ferrán González-Huix², Michael J Levy³, Ana García García de Paredes¹, Enrique Vázquez-Sequeiros⁴

Affiliations

¹ Unidad de Endoscopia, Servicio de Gastroenterología y Hepatología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Madrid, España.
² Servicio de Gastroenterología y Hepatología, Clínica Girona, Girona, España.
³ Endoscopic Ultrasound, Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Division, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, Estados Unidos.
⁴ Unidad de Endoscopia, Servicio de Gastroenterología y Hepatología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Madrid, España. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 30131274
DOI: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2018.07.004

Abstract

The growing incidence of cystic pancreatic tumours has become a major problem in daily clinical practice. These patients usually undergo follow-up programmes of questionable clinical efficacy that put significant strain on endoscopy units. Safe and effective alternatives to surgery are desperately needed in these cases. The aim of this study was to critically review the utility of ablative therapies in cystic pancreatic tumours.

Keywords: Ablación; Ablation; Cyst; Ecoendoscopia; Endoscopic ultrasound; Pancreas; Páncreas; Quiste.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Ablation Techniques*
Endosonography
Humans
Pancreatic Cyst / diagnostic imaging
Pancreatic Cyst / surgery*