Radiographics 2022 Mar-Apr;42(2):379-396. Epub 2022 Jan 28.
From the Department of Radiology (H.V.N., S.P.D., C.G.R.) and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (A.S.), Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 132 S 10th St, Philadelphia, PA 19123; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (H.S.); and Department of Radiology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY (C.V.).
As the field of interventional endoscopy advances, conditions that were once treated with surgery are increasingly being treated with advanced endoscopy. Endoscopy is now used for treatment of achalasia, bariatric procedures for obesity; resection of early-stage malignancies in the gastrointestinal tract; and placement of lumen-apposing metal stents in the treatment of biliary obstruction, gastric outlet obstruction, cholecystitis, and drainage of nonpancreatic-related fluid collections or abscesses. Knowledge of the novel terminology, procedural details, expected postintervention imaging findings, and potential complications is vital for radiologists because these procedures are rapidly becoming more mainstream in daily practice. Read More