The Safety and Efficacy of an Alcohol-free Pancreatic Cyst Ablation Protocol

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided chemoablation with ethanol lavage followed by infusion of paclitaxel, is effective for the treatment of mucinous pancreatic cysts. However, complications arise in 3%–10% of patients, presumably linked to the inflammatory effects of ethanol. We aimed to determine whether alcohol is required for effective pancreatic cyst ablation, if removing alcohol from the ablation process would improve complication rates, and whether a multi-agent chemotherapeutic cocktail could increase the rate of complete cyst resolution compared to the findings reported from previous trials using alcohol followed by paclitaxel alone.

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