EUS Guided Drainage of Post Pancreatitis Pancreatic Fluid Collection
The number as well as the caliber of plastic stents used for EUS-guided PFC drainage are controversial in current practice [Lin et al., 2014]. The timing of necrosectomy in WOPN drainage continues to be debated. To date, no comparative studies have been conducted to investigate the ideal timing for stent removal. Thus, the aim of our study is to:

Assess the technical success rates, clinical success rates and potential complications of the different techniques for the best drainage of PFCs as regard type, caliber and number of plastic stents and ideal timing for stent removal.
Compare between early vs late intervention for complete endoscopic necrosectomy of WOPN as regard technical success rates, clinical success rates, potential complications and number of sessions needed.
- EligibilityCriteria: Inclusion Criteria:  Symptomatic sterile PFCs; symptoms include persistent abdominal pain, ileus, and gastric outlet obstruction with or without fever. Proven or suspected infected PFCs with or without the presence of necrosis. Patients with pancreatic pseudocyst that unresolved for at least 6 weeks after the last episode of pancreatitis and making compression on surrounding organs such as common bile duct (CBD), portal vein (PV).  Exclusion Criteria:  Patient refusal. Patients with major comorbidities being unfit for general anesthesia. Patients with moderate to marked ascites. Patients with bleeding tendencies and impaired coagulation profile. Patients with proven or suspected malignant pancreatic neoplasms. - HealthyVolunteers: No - Gender: All - StdAgeList: Child, Adult, Older Adult