Endoscopy Suite

MAY 15, 2024

Bhutani's Eye on Endosonography

EUS for Rendezvous Procedures and Gallbladder Drainage, and a Caution on Repeat EUS in IBD

Manoop S. Bhutani, MD
Manoop S. Bhutani, MD
Walter H. Wriston Distinguished Professor
Director of Endoscopic Research and Development
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston

By Manoop S. Bhutani, MD, with Natasha Albaneze, MPH

In this issue, I discuss studies using endoscopic ultrasound to guide rendezvous procedures and gallbladder drainage, and I also raise some concern about a study on repeat EUS in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Traditionally, when endoscopic retrograde