Endoscopic Drainage of Pancreatic Pseudocysts: Long-Term Outcome and Procedural Factors Associated with Safe and Successful Treatment

Abstract

Endoscopic drainage is an effective treatment for pancreatic pseudocysts and offers a definitive solution in almost three-quarters of the cases. The majority of major complications might have been prevented by using pigtail stents instead of straight stents and by taking a more aggressive approach to the prevention and treatment of secondary cyst infection.