Endoscopic ultrasound in gastroenterology: From diagnosis to therapeutic implications

Table 1 Endoscopic ultrasound: Diagnostic indications

GIT cancer staging

Staging of gastroesophageal cancer

Staging of rectal cancer

Staging of ampullary cancer

Mass imaging and delineation

Pancreas

Gallbladder

Biliary tree

GIT submucosal lesions

Mediastinal and retroperitoneal mass

GIT: Gastrointestinal tract.

Table 2 Endoscopic ultrasound-guided therapeutic implications

EUS-guided fine needle drainage

Biliary drainage

EUS-guided transpapillary rendezvous technique

Choledochoduodenostomy

Hepaticogastrostomy

EUS-guided cyst drainage

EUS-guided fine needle injection

Celiac plexus block and neurolysis

EUS-guided tattooing

EUS-guided ablation

EUS: Endoscopic ultrasound.