CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2024; 12(10): E1143-E1149
DOI: 10.1055/a-2411-1814
Original article

Outcomes of lumen apposing metal stent placement in patients with surgically altered anatomy: Multicenter international experience

1   Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Istituto Clinico Mater Domini Casa di Cura Privata SpA, Castellanza, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN9348)
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Daryl Ramai
2   Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, United States (Ringgold ID: RIN14434)
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3   Foundation of Interventional and Therapeutic Endoscopy, New Brunswick, United States
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Amy Tyberg
4   Division of Gastroenterology, Hackensack Meridian Hospital, Hackensack, United States
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Haroon Shahid
4   Division of Gastroenterology, Hackensack Meridian Hospital, Hackensack, United States
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Avik Sarkar
4   Division of Gastroenterology, Hackensack Meridian Hospital, Hackensack, United States
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5   Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India (Ringgold ID: RIN29751)
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Jahnvi Dhar
5   Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India (Ringgold ID: RIN29751)
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6   Gastroenterology and Hepatology, KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Schalk Van der Merwe
7   Hepatology and GI Research Laboratory, Department of Immunology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
8   Department of Hepatology and Biliopancreatic Disease, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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9   Gastroenterology, University of California San Francisco Medical Center at Parnassus, San Francisco, United States (Ringgold ID: RIN43166)
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Hyun Ji
10   Gastroenterology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States (Ringgold ID: RIN8785)
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Sun-Chuan Dai
11   Gastroenterology Division, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, United States
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Pierre Deprez
12   Gastroenterology, Clin Univ St-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium
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Jorge Vargas-Madrigal
13   Gastroenterology Department, Enrique Baltodano Briceno Hospital, Liberia, Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Costa Rica
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Giuseppe Vanella
14   Pancreato-BiliaryEndoscopy and Endosonography Division, Pancreas Translational & Clinical Research Center, San Raffaele Scientific Institute IRCCS, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy
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Roberto Leone
15   Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN18985)
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16   Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Vita-Salute-San Raffaele University - IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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17   Gastroenterology, Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas - IECED, Guayaquil, Ecuador
18   Endoscopy, Omni Hospital, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Juan Alcivar Vasquez
17   Gastroenterology, Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas - IECED, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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19   IECED, Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Alessandro Fugazza
20   Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy
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Christopher Ko
2   Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, United States (Ringgold ID: RIN14434)
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John Morris
2   Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, United States (Ringgold ID: RIN14434)
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21   Gastroenterology Unit, Hospital of Imola, University of Bologna, Imola, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN9296)
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Pietro Fusaroli
21   Gastroenterology Unit, Hospital of Imola, University of Bologna, Imola, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN9296)
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Amaninder Dhaliwal
22   Division of Gastroenterology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, United States (Ringgold ID: RIN12284)
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Massimiliano Mutignani
23   Surgical Department, U.O.C. Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Milano, Italy
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Edoardo Forti
24   Digestive Endoscopy, Ospedale Niguarda-Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy
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Irene Cottone
24   Digestive Endoscopy, Ospedale Niguarda-Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy
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Alberto Larghi
25   Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Gianenrico Rizzatti
26   Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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27   Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, Hôpital Riviera-Chablais, Rennaz, Switzerland (Ringgold ID: RIN30919)
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Carmelo Barbera
28   Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Civile S.Agostino-Estense, Baggiovara di Modena (Mo), Italy
29   Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale di Modena, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN18067)
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Francesco Maria Di Matteo
30   Operative Endoscopy Department, Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital, Roma, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN220431)
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Serena Stigliano
31   Therapeutic GI Endoscopy Unit, Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital, Roma, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN220431)
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32   Unit of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forli, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN18568)
33   Unit of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Maurizio Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN161128)
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Carlo Fabbri
34   Digestive Endoscopy and Gastroenterology Unit, Forlì-Cesena Hospitals, Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale della Romagna, Forlì-Cesena, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN390233)
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Khanh Do-Cong Pham
35   Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
36   Clinical medicine, K1, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Roberto Di Mitri
37   Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, A.R.N.A.S. Civico-Di Cristina-Benfratelli Hospital, Palermo, Italy
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38   Gastroenterology, IsMeTT/UPMC, Palermo, Italy
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39   Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Pancreas Institute, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN19051)
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Andrew Ofosu
40   Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, United States (Ringgold ID: RIN24508)
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41   Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Pesaro, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN18635)
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42   Gastroenterology & Hepatology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Ringgold ID: RIN37849)
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Francesco Auriemma
43   Gastroenterologia, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
44   Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN9268)
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Danilo Paduano
45   Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Humanitas Mater Domini, Castellanza, Italy
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Federica Calabrese
46   Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Humanitas Mater Domini, Castellanza, Varese, Italy
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Carmine Gentile
46   Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Humanitas Mater Domini, Castellanza, Varese, Italy
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47   Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN437807)
48   Endoscopy Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy
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Alessandro Repici
49   Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN437807)
50   Digestive Endoscopy Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN9268)
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51   Medical Sciences, Gastroenterology, Foggia, Italy
› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Background and study aims Although outcomes of lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) placement in native anatomy have been reported, data on LAMS placement in surgically altered anatomy (SAA) are sparse. We aimed to assess outcomes of LAMS placement in patients with SAA for different indications.

Patients and methods This was an international, multicenter, retrospective, observational study at 25 tertiary care centers through November 2023. Consecutive patients with SAA who underwent LAMS placement were included. The primary outcome was technical success defined as correct placement of LAMS. Secondary outcomes were clinical success and safety.

Results Two hundred and seventy patients (125 males; average age 61 ± 15 years) underwent LAMS placement with SAA. Procedures included EUS-directed transgastric ERCP (EDGE) and EUS-directed transenteric ERCP (EDEE) (n = 82), EUS-guided entero-enterostomy (n = 81), EUS-guided biliary drainage (n = 57), EUS-guided drainage of peri-pancreatic fluid collections (n = 48), and EUS-guided pancreaticogastrostomy (n = 2). Most cases utilized AXIOS stents (n = 255) compared with SPAXUS stents (n = 15). Overall, technical success was 98%, clinical success was 97%, and the adverse event (AE) rate was 12%. Using AGREE classification, five events were rated as Grade II, 21 events as Grade IIIa, and six events as IIIb. No difference in AEs were noted among stent types (P = 0.52).

Conclusions This study shows that placement of LAMS is associated with high technical and clinical success rates in patients with SAA. However, the rate of AEs is noteworthy, and thus, these procedures should be performed by expert endoscopists at tertiary centers.



Publication History

Received: 26 June 2024

Accepted after revision: 06 September 2024

Accepted Manuscript online:
09 September 2024

Article published online:
10 October 2024

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