Il trattamento endoscopico delle pseudocisti pancreatiche.

Aim: the Authors report their experience about the endoscopictreatment of pancreatic pseudocysts (PP).Patients and methods: report of 10 cases; evaluation of effectiveness, morbidity and mortality of treatment.Setting: Section of General and Thoracic Surgery, AOUP “PaoloGiaccone”, University of Palermo.Procedure: endoscopic drainage was performed in all 10 patients,with 2 cysto-gastrostomy, 5 cysto-duodenostomy and 3 trans-papillarycystic drainage.Results: 100% successful; one case of bleeding post-procedure(10%), one case of sepsis (10%) and one case of stricture of fistulabetween PP and duodenum.Conclusion: endoscopic drainage of PP is a safe and simple treatment, with high rates of success and low rate of complication procedure-related, complementary to surgery