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CC BY 4.0 · Endoscopy 2023; 55(01): 25-35
DOI: 10.1055/a-1869-0180
Systematic review

The role of pancreatoscopy in the diagnostic work-up of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms: a systematic review and meta-analysis

David M. de Jong*
1   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
,
Pauline M. C. Stassen*
1   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
,
Bas Groot Koerkamp
2   Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
,
Mark Ellrichmann
3   Department of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
,
Petko I. Karagyozov
4   Department of Interventional Gastroenterology, Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
,
Andrea Anderloni
5   Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
,
Leena Kylänpää
6   Abdominal Center, Gastroenterological Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
,
George J. M. Webster
7   Department of Gastroenterology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
8   Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
,
Lydi M. J. W. van Driel
1   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
,
Marco J. Bruno
1   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
,
Pieter J. F. de Jonge
1   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
,
on behalf of the European Cholangioscopy study group› Author Affiliations


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Abstract

Background Confirming the diagnosis, invasiveness, and disease extent of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) of the pancreas is challenging. The aim of this study was to summarize the literature on the efficacy and safety of peroral pancreatoscopy (POP) in the diagnosis of IPMN, including the impact of pre- and intraoperative POP on the management of IPMN.

Methods The EMBASE, Medline Ovid, Web of Science, Cochrane CENTRAL, and Google Scholar databases were systematically searched for articles. Eligible articles investigated cohorts of patients who underwent POP for (suspected) IPMN.

Results 25 articles were identified and included in this review; with 22 of these reporting on the diagnostic yield of POP in IPMN and 11 reporting on the effect of pre- or intraoperative POP on clinical decision-making. Cannulation and observation rates, and overall diagnostic accuracy were high across all studies. Frequently reported visual characteristics of IPMN were intraductal fish-egg-like lesions, hypervascularity, and granular mucosa. Overall, the adverse event rate was 12 %, primarily consisting of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis, with a pooled rate of 10 %, mostly of mild severity. Regarding the impact of POP on clinical decision-making, POP findings altered the surgical approach in 13 %–62 % of patients.

Conclusion POP is technically successful in the vast majority of patients with (suspected) IPMN, has a consistently high diagnostic accuracy, but an adverse event rate of 12 %. Data on intraoperative pancreatoscopy are scarce, but small studies suggest its use can alter surgical management. Future studies are needed to better define the role of POP in the diagnostic work-up of IPMN.

* Shared first authorship


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Publication History

Received: 06 December 2021

Accepted after revision: 23 May 2022

Accepted Manuscript online:
03 June 2022

Article published online:
20 July 2022

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