Response to letter on endoscopic ultrasound-guided thrombin injection a management approach for visceral artery pseudoaneurysm: case series

We are thankful to Agarwal et al. for commenting on our recent article and summarizing the studies on percutaneous and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided thrombin injection in management of visceral artery pseudoaneurysms (PSAs). Our prospective study on a novel treatment approach for management of visceral artery PSAs on the largest number of patients (n = 8) in the literature revealed that EUS-guided thrombin injection is effective and safe. The technical (100 %) and clinical (87.5 %) success rates were very high at the end of 6 months without any significant embolic events.

Publication History

Article published online:
30 June 2020

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