Advanced Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Techniques: Current and Future Directions

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, we have made significant progress in the field of interventional endoscopy, specifically in therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), which drastically extended th therapeutic armamentarium in several gastrointestinal diseases and finally contributed the improvement of patients’ treatment and outcome. Among the therapeutic implications including EUS-guided drainage using lumen apposing metal stents (LAMSs), EUS has been increasingly used for creating gastrointestinal anastomosis, including gastro-jejunostomy and EUS-directed trans-gastric intervention (EDGI), and used in antegrade procedures such as hepatico-gastrostomy and antegrade maneuvers to reach the biliary tree in altered anatomy and inaccessible retrograde biliary approaches. Additionally, some advancements in diagnostic techniques have been made regarding ultrasensitive Doppler, shear wave elastography and 3D EUS as well as molecular analyses of EUS-FNA/FNB specimen in pancreaticobiliary tumors.

Given the rapidly evolving shift in EUS, as part of the following Topic, entitled “Advanced Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Techniques: Current and Future Directions”, we aim to publish outstanding manuscripts focused on advanced EUS techniques. Priority will be given to high-quality original articles, but well-designed, systematic reviews (with or without meta-analysis) and narrative reviews addressing the latest updated insights on a specific topic will be welcomed.

Dr. Bertrand V. Napoleón
Dr. Andrea Lisotti
Dr. Tawfik Khoury
Topic Editors