EFSUMB Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS), Part III Abdominal Treatment Procedures (Long Version)

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Dietrich C. F., Lorentzen T., Appelbaum L., Buscarini E., Cantisani V., Correas J. M., ...More

ULTRASCHALL IN DER MEDIZIN, vol.37, no.1, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1055/s-0035-1553917
  • Journal Name: ULTRASCHALL IN DER MEDIZIN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: guideline, ultrasound guidance, abscess, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver metastases, cysts, radio frequency ablation, drainage, safety, PERCUTANEOUS RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION, SMALL HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA, RENAL-CELL CARCINOMA, CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND, COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASES, MICROWAVE COAGULATION THERAPY, TRANSHEPATIC BILIARY DRAINAGE, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL, ETHANOL INJECTION THERAPY, RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The third part of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS) assesses the evidence for ultrasound-guided and assisted interventions in abdominal treatment procedures. Recommendations for clinical practice are presented covering indications, contra-indications, and safe and effective performance of the broad variety of these techniques. In particular, drainage of abscesses and fluid collections, interventional tumor ablation techniques, interventional treatment of symptomatic cysts and echinococcosis, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and drainage, percutaneous gastrostomy, urinary bladder drainage, and nephrostomy are addressed (long version).