Huiyun Zhu, Yiqi Du, Kaixuan Wang, Zhaoshen Li, Zhendong Jin
{"title":"Consensus guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic pseudocyst and walled-off necrosis from a Chinese multiple disciplinary team expert panel","authors":"Huiyun Zhu, Yiqi Du, Kaixuan Wang, Zhaoshen Li, Zhendong Jin","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000080","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Objective </h3>\u0000<p>To prepare a set of practice guidelines to standardize the entire process, from diagnosis to treatment and follow-up, for pancreatic pseudocysts and walled-off necrosis.</p>\u0000<h3>Methods </h3>\u0000<p>Thirty-six experts in the fields of digestive endoscopy, pancreatic surgery, interventional radiology, and others presented their opinions via discussions in online conferences by referring to the patient, intervention, comparison, and outcomes principles and then reviewed the evidence and statements using the Delphi method to reach a consensus. The consensus of >80% was finally achieved for the items.</p>\u0000<h3>Results </h3>\u0000<p>The experts discussed and reached a consensus on 29 statements including 10 categories: (1) definition and classification, (2) imaging and endoscopic diagnosis, (3) therapeutic implications, (4) surgical therapy, (5) percutaneous catheter drainage, (6) endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, (7) EUS-guided drainage, (8) stent selection for EUS-guided drainage, (9) complication related to stents for cyst drainage, and (10) drug treatment and follow-up.</p>\u0000<h3>Conclusion </h3>\u0000<p>This consensus based on the clinical experience of experts in various fields and international evidence-based medicine further standardizes the multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment processes for pancreatic pseudocysts and walled-off necrosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142185619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computed tomography–based radial endobronchial ultrasound image simulation of peripheral pulmonary lesions using deep learning","authors":"Chunxi Zhang, Yongzheng Zhou, Chuanqi Sun, Jilei Zhang, Junxiang Chen, Xiaoxuan Zheng, Ying Li, Xiaoyao Liu, Weiping Liu, Jiayuan Sun","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000079","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background and Objectives </h3>\u0000<p>Radial endobronchial ultrasound (R-EBUS) plays an important role during transbronchial sampling of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs). However, existing navigational bronchoscopy systems provide no guidance for R-EBUS. To guide intraoperative R-EBUS probe manipulation, we aimed to simulate R-EBUS images of PPLs from preoperative computed tomography (CT) data using deep learning.</p>\u0000<h3>Materials and Methods </h3>\u0000<p>Preoperative CT and intraoperative ultrasound data of PPLs in 250 patients who underwent R-EBUS–guided transbronchial lung biopsy were retrospectively collected. Two-dimensional CT sections perpendicular to the biopsy path were transformed into ultrasonic reflection and transmission images using an ultrasound propagation model to obtain the initial simulated R-EBUS images. A cycle generative adversarial network was trained to improve the realism of initial simulated images. Objective and subjective indicators were used to evaluate the similarity between real and simulated images.</p>\u0000<h3>Results </h3>\u0000<p>Wasserstein distances showed that utilizing the cycle generative adversarial network significantly improved the similarity between real and simulated R-EBUS images. There was no statistically significant difference in the long axis, short axis, and area between real and simulated lesions (all <em xmlns:mrws=\"http://webservices.ovid.com/mrws/1.0\">P</em> > 0.05). Based on the experts’ evaluation, a median similarity score of ≥4 on a 5-point scale was obtained for lesion size, shape, margin, internal echoes, and overall similarity.</p>\u0000<h3>Conclusions </h3>\u0000<p>Simulated R-EBUS images of PPLs generated by our method can closely mimic the corresponding real images, demonstrating the potential of our method to provide guidance for intraoperative R-EBUS probe manipulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142185653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathleen Möller, Alina Batali, Christian Jenssen, Barbara Braden, Michael Hocke, Wei On, Simon M. Everett, Yi Dong, Nan Ge, Siyu Sun, Michael Gerber, Siegbert Faiss, David Srivastava, Riccardo de Robertis, Mirko D´Onofrio, Benjamin Misselwitz, Christoph F. Dietrich
{"title":"Comments and illustrations of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine contrast-enhanced ultrasound guidelines: Multiparametric imaging and EUS-guided sampling in rare pancreatic tumors. Benign mesenchymal pancreatic tumors","authors":"Kathleen Möller, Alina Batali, Christian Jenssen, Barbara Braden, Michael Hocke, Wei On, Simon M. Everett, Yi Dong, Nan Ge, Siyu Sun, Michael Gerber, Siegbert Faiss, David Srivastava, Riccardo de Robertis, Mirko D´Onofrio, Benjamin Misselwitz, Christoph F. Dietrich","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000070","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The focus of the review is on primary benign mesenchymal pancreatic tumors and their imaging appearance. These tumors are extremely rare. Usually, they are not diagnosed until postoperative histology is available, and so even benign tumors have undergone extensive pancreatic resection. The very limited data on abdominal and EUS findings including contrast-enhanced techniques of these pancreatic lesions are summarized here. Case reports will be presented for some of these rare tumors with application of modern ultrasound and endosonographic techniques.</p>","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142185654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Endoscopic UltrasoundPub Date : 2024-07-01Epub Date: 2024-08-20DOI: 10.1097/eus.0000000000000075
Victor Lira de Oliveira, Marcos Eduardo Lera Dos Santos, Mateus Bond Boghossian, João Remí de Freitas Júnior, Maria Luíza Lemos Pires Pereira, Carolina Vaz Turiani, Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura
{"title":"Double EUS-guided bypass for gastric outlet and biliary tract malignant obstruction: A standardized one-step approach (with videos).","authors":"Victor Lira de Oliveira, Marcos Eduardo Lera Dos Santos, Mateus Bond Boghossian, João Remí de Freitas Júnior, Maria Luíza Lemos Pires Pereira, Carolina Vaz Turiani, Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000075","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"13 4","pages":"271-272"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419474/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of EUS in the diagnosis of early chronic pancreatitis.","authors":"Yaya Bai, Xianzheng Qin, Xiang Ao, Taojing Ran, Chunhua Zhou, Duowu Zou","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The diagnosis of early chronic pancreatitis (ECP) is challenging due to the lack of standardized diagnostic criteria. EUS has been considered a sensitive diagnostic modality for chronic pancreatitis (CP), with advancements in technique such as EUS-guided fine needle aspiration and biopsy (EUS-FNA/FNB) being developed. However, their role in the diagnosis of ECP remains unelucidated. This review thereby aimed to provide an overview of the clinical landscape of EUS in the field of ECP.</p>","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"13 4","pages":"232-238"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419561/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Endoscopic UltrasoundPub Date : 2024-07-01Epub Date: 2024-08-16DOI: 10.1097/eus.0000000000000068
Zhenming Zhang, Yao Luo, Min Shi, Shengping Li, Yu Bao
{"title":"EUS-FNA to diagnose a submucosal oropharyngeal carcinoma.","authors":"Zhenming Zhang, Yao Luo, Min Shi, Shengping Li, Yu Bao","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000068","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"13 4","pages":"273-275"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419498/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Endoscopic UltrasoundPub Date : 2024-07-01Epub Date: 2024-08-21DOI: 10.1097/eus.0000000000000078
Yi-Zhi Chen, Xiao-Ou Qiu, Lei Wang, Xi Jiang, Xiao-Ju Su, Jing-Song Xia, Zhuan Liao, Zhao-Shen Li
{"title":"Novel ultrasound capsule endoscopy for gastrointestinal scanning: An <i>in vivo</i> animal study.","authors":"Yi-Zhi Chen, Xiao-Ou Qiu, Lei Wang, Xi Jiang, Xiao-Ju Su, Jing-Song Xia, Zhuan Liao, Zhao-Shen Li","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>EUS is an important modality for diagnosis and assessment of gastrointestinal (GI) subepithelial lesions. However, EUS is invasive and operator-dependent and requires sedation in most cases. The newly developed ultrasound capsule endoscopy (USCE) system, with both white-light and ultrasound imaging modalities, is a minimally invasive method for superficial and submucosal imaging of the esophagus. This animal study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of the USCE system for upper GI tract and small bowel scanning.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Three Bama miniature pigs were selected to scan their esophagus, stomach, small bowel, and simulated submucosal lesions. USCE was performed first, followed by EUS. The feasibility of USCE was measured by obtaining ultrasound images of normal GI walls and submucosal lesions under the guidance of optical viewing. The efficacy of USCE was evaluated by comparing tissue structures and lesion features shown on ultrasound images obtained with both instruments.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Under the optical mode of USCE, the GI tract was well visualized, and all simulated lesions were located. Clear ultrasound images of normal GI tract and submucosal lesions were acquired. Ultrasound images of the esophagus, stomach, and small bowel were characterized by differentiated multilayer structures on USCE, which was consistent with the structures displayed on EUS. And the visualization of submucosal lesions, using both USCE and EUS, was characterized by a hypoechoic and well-demarcated mass in the layer of submucosa.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This animal study indicated the feasibility and potential clinical efficacy of this USCE for simultaneous optical mucosal visualization and transmural ultrasound imaging of upper GI tract and small bowel, providing possibility of using this technology for a wider range of GI tract.</p>","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"13 4","pages":"253-258"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419533/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Endoscopic UltrasoundPub Date : 2024-07-01Epub Date: 2024-08-16DOI: 10.1097/eus.0000000000000074
Shuyue Wang, Guilian Cheng, Duanmin Hu
{"title":"A rare but interesting case of small intestinal tumor diagnosed by transrectal EUS-FNA (with video).","authors":"Shuyue Wang, Guilian Cheng, Duanmin Hu","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"13 4","pages":"269-270"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419539/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Top 100 cited articles related to EUS: A bibliometric analysis.","authors":"Tongxin Li, Chenxi Kang, Gui Ren, Yong Lv, Hui Luo, Xiaoyu Kang, Shuhui Liang, Xiangping Wang, Yanglin Pan","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000081","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Citation analysis is a fundamental method in bibliometrics for quantifying the impact and contribution of articles on a specific biomedical field. The purpose of our study was to identify and analyze the top 100 cited articles in the field of EUS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All published articles in the field of EUS were searched by using \"endoscopic ultrasound\" and its synonyms as the search terms without time limit. The Institute for Scientific Information Web of Science Core database was searched to determine the citations. The top 100 cited articles were identified and further evaluated for characteristics including publication year, authors, journals, impact factor, countries, institutions, article type, topic term, and evidence grade, among others.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 430 articles were cited more than 100 times. The 100 most-cited articles were published between 1988 and 2018, and the medium citation was 240.5 (104.25). The top 100 cited articles mainly focused on diagnostic performance (80%) and interventional therapy (20%). The numbers of articles studying the diagnostic accuracy of FNA (<i>n</i> = 29) and tumor diagnosis (<i>n</i> = 29) were the highest among research articles on FNA and EUS of diagnostic categories, and EUS transluminal drainage (<i>n</i> = 14) was the most frequently used EUS technique for therapy. The focus of the majority of the articles was on diseases of pancreas (<i>n</i> = 55), and among the 55 articles related to pancreatic diseases, pancreatic cancer (<i>n</i> = 17) and solid pancreatic masses (<i>n</i> = 13) were the most researched topics. In addition, we found that the proportions of diagnostic and treatment-related articles at different time periods have statistical significance (<i>P</i> < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our analysis provides an insight into the top 100 articles in the field of EUS, revealing EUS-guided FNA, tumor staging, and transluminal drainage as the major advances in the past 35 years. Pancreatic diseases were the most researched, especially pancreatic cancer or solid pancreatic masses. Our research has found that the number of articles on the application of EUS treatment has significantly increased.</p>","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"13 4","pages":"259-268"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419419/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}