Procedures in the Gallbladder, Biliary Tract, and Beyond The Gallbladder

Sunday, March 5, 2023

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Location:Phoenix Convention Center, 231C

CE: 1.5 Credits

Coordinator(s)

Michael Darcy, MD (he/him/his)

Professor
Washington University, Saint Louis

Disclosure(s): Boston Scientific: Speaking and Teaching (Ongoing)
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Ahsun Riaz, MD

Associate Professor, Interventional Radiology
Northwestern University

Disclosure(s): Boston Scientific: Consultant (Ongoing)
Harjit Singh, MD (he/him/his)

Vice Chair, Radiology
Johns Hopkins Health

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Michael Darcy, MD: Boston Scientific: Speaking and Teaching (Ongoing)

Ahsun Riaz, MD: Boston Scientific: Consultant (Ongoing)

Harjit Singh, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Interventional radiology (IR) has an increasing therapeutic role in taking care of non-surgical patients with acute cholecystitis. Patients with “chronic percutaneous cholecystostomy drains” for calculous cholecystitis can now be treated using methods such as lithotripsy and/or cholecystoduodenal stents. This session will address data on routine methods, perspectives from a surgeon and advanced endoscopist, and advanced IR techniques (lithotripsy and cystic duct stenting). A 30-minute multidisciplinary discussion on case management will be the highlight.

Learning Objectives:

Describe current data for and role of percutaneous cholecystostomy and its surgical and interventional gastroenterology alternatives.
Describe procedures to remove gallbladder drains including lithotripsy, cholecystoduodenal stenting etc.
Describe how endoscopy can improve outcomes in patients with gallbladder drains.

Presentations:

1:00 PM – 1:13 PM

Routine methods and data (Calculous and Acalculous Cholecystitis)
Speaker: Michael Darcy, MD (he/him/his) – Washington University, Saint Louis
1:13 PM – 1:26 PM

Cholecystoduodenal stenting and lithotripsy
Speaker: Harjit Singh, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins Health
1:26 PM – 1:39 PM

Role of Gastroenterology (Advanced Endoscopy)
Speaker: Aziz Aadam, MD – Northwestern University
1:39 PM – 1:52 PM

Role of IR from a surgeon's perspective
Speaker: Irving Jorge, MD MBA – Mayo Clinic Arizona
1:52 PM – 2:05 PM

Integration of endoscopy in IR
Speaker: Ravi N. Srinivasa, MD – UCLA
2:05 PM – 2:18 PM

Multidisciplinary case-based panel/audience discussion
Speaker: Ahsun Riaz, MD – Northwestern University
2:18 PM – 2:30 PM

Q & A