• Joel Fernandez de Oliveira, Martin Andres Coronel Cordero, Gustavo Rosa de Almeida Lima, Paulo Gustavo Andrade de GA http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7926-9373 Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (Icesp) da Faculdade de Medicina da Univer, Marcelo Simas de Lima, Bruno da Costa Martins, Ulysses Ribeiro, and Fauze Maluf-Filho.
• Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (Icesp) da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), Serviço de Endoscopia Gastrointestinal, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2020 Nov 1; 66 (11): 1521-1525.

IntroductionEUS-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) is a novel procedure for palliation of malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). Our aim was to evaluate the outcomes of this technique in our initial experience.MethodsPatients with GOO from our institute were included. Technical success was defined as the successful creation of a gastroenterostomy. Clinical success was defined as the ability to tolerate a soft diet after the procedure. We assessed adverse events and diet tolerance 1 month after the procedure.ResultsThree patients were included. Technical and clinical success was achieved in all cases. There were no adverse events and good diet tolerance was observed 1 month after the procedure in the included patients.ConclusionEUS-GE is a promising treatment for patients with GOO.

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