- Shin Haba, Kazuo Hara, Nobumasa Mizuno, Takamichi Kuwahara, Nozomi Okuno, Akira Miyano, Daiki Fumihara, Moaz Elshair. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided portal vein coiling: troubleshooting interventional endoscopic ultrasonography. Clin Endosc 2022;55:458

- Sho Hasegawa, Itaru Endo, Kensuke Kubota. Plastic or self‐expandable metal stent: Which is the most suitable for patients with pancreatic head cancer in the upcoming era of neoadjuvant chemotherapy? A review. Digestive Endoscopy 2022;34:297

- Takeshi Ogura, Masayuki Kitano, Atsushi Okuda, Masahiro Itonaga, Saori Ueno, Yasunobu Yamashita, Nobu Nishioka, Reiko Ashida, Akira Miyano, Kazuhide Higuchi. Endoscopic ultrasonography‐guided hepaticogastrostomy using a novel laser‐cut type partially covered self‐expandable metal stent (with video). Digestive Endoscopy 2021;33:1188

- Akihisa Ohno, Nao Fujimori, Toyoma Kaku, Yu Takamatsu, Kazuhide Matsumoto, Masatoshi Murakami, Katsuhito Teramatsu, Ayumu Takeno, Masayuki Hijioka, Ken Kawabe, Naohiko Harada, Makoto Nakamuta, Akira Aso, Takamasa Oono, Yoshihiro Ogawa. Feasibility and Efficacy of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy Without Dilation: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis. Dig Dis Sci 2022;67:5676

- Takeshi Ogura, Atsushi Okuda, Saori Ueno, Nobu Nishioka, Akira Miyano, Kazuya Ueshima, Yoshitaro Yamamoto, Kazuhide Higuchi. Prospective comparison study between 19-gauge needle with .025-inch guidewire and 22-gauge needle with novel .018-inch guidewire during EUS-guided transhepatic biliary drainage (with video). Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2022;96:262

- Masaki Miyazawa, Masahiro Yanagi, Masaki Nishitani, Tomoyuki Hayashi, Shinya Yamada, Hajime Takatori, Taro Yamashita. Donʼt be overconfident about the “cover” of a covered self-expandable metal stent in endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy. Endoscopy 2025;57:E32

- Takeshi Ogura, Junichi Kawai, Kyohei Nishiguchi, Yoshitaro Yamamoto, Kazuhide Higuchi. EUS‐guided antegrade biopsy for lower bile duct obstruction using novel biopsy device with tract dilatation system (with video). J Hepato Biliary Pancreat 2022;29

- L. A. Marinova, M. D. Baidarova, A. I. Leonova, V. S. Shirokov. Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment for proximal biliary obstruction of tumor origin (literature review). Ann. hir. gepatol. 2023;28:42

- Jorge Vargas-Madrigal, Shannon M. Chan, Jahnvi Dhar, Anthony Y.B. Teoh, Jayanta Samanta, Sundeep Lakhtakia, Marc Giovannini. Dedicated cautery-enhanced tubular self-expandable metal stent for endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy: feasibility study. Endoscopy 2024;56:864

- Akihisa Kato, Michihiro Yoshida, Kazuki Hayashi. Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided covered metal stent deployment through endoscopic tapered sheath preventing bile leakage. Digestive Endoscopy 2022;34

- Takeshi Ogura, Yuki Uba, Nobuhiro Hattori, Jun Matsuno, Hiroki Nishikawa. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy for patients with frequent respiratory fluctuations using a novel hybrid guidewire to prevent guidewire shearing. Endoscopy 2024;56:E743

- Jayanta Samanta, Priyanka Udawat, Sudipta Dhar Chowdhary, Deepak Gunjan, Praveer Rai, Vikram Bhatia, Vikas Singla, Saurabh Mukewar, Nilay Mehta, Chalapathi Rao Achanta, Ankit Dalal, Manoj Kumar Sahu, Avinash Balekuduru, Abhijit Bale, Jahangir Basha, Mathew Philip, Surinder Rana, Rajesh Puri, Sundeep Lakhtakia, Vinay Dhir. Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India Consensus Guidelines on Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biliary Drainage: Part II (Technical Aspects). Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2023;14:074

- Kei Yane, Takayuki Imagawa, Masahiro Yoshida. Spontaneous migration of a dedicated plastic stent after endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy in a patient with surgically altered anatomy: a case report. J Rural Med 2024;19:196

- Takeshi Ogura, Atsushi Okuda, Saori Ueno, Nobu Nishioka, Hiroki Nishikawa. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy stent exchange using a novel spiral plastic stent. Endoscopy 2024;56:E426

- Nobuhiro Hattori, Takeshi Ogura, Saori Ueno, Atsushi Okuda, Nobu Nishioka, Akira Miyano, Yoshitaro Yamamoto, Kimi Bessho, Yuki Uba, Mitsuki Tomita, Junichi Nakamura, Hiroki Nishikawa. Clinical evaluation of a novel drill dilator as the first-line tract dilation technique during EUS-guided biliary drainage by nonexpert hands (with videos). Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2023;97:1153

- Mamoru Takenaka, Masatoshi Kudo. Usefulness of the double-guidewire technique for endoscopic procedures in the field of biliary and pancreatic diseases. Clin Endosc 2022;55:605

- Takeshi Ogura, Atsushi Okuda, Saori Ueno, Nobu Nishioka, Kazuhide Higuchi. EUS-guided hepaticojejunostomy using a 22G needle and novel 0.018-inch guidewire (with video). 2022;11:513

- Takeshi Ogura, Kazuhide Higuchi. Response. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2021;93:537

- Mateus Pereira Funari, Igor Braga Ribeiro, Marcos Eduardo Lera dos Santos, Sergio Eiji Matuguma, Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura. Managing adverse events after endoscopic ultrasound‐guided drainage of the biliary tract and pancreatic fluid collections: Narrative review (with video). Digestive Endoscopy 2022;34:359

- Nicholas J Koutlas, Swati Pawa, Greg Russell, Taylor Ferris, Janardhana Ponnatapura, Rishi Pawa. EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy versus percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage after failed ERCP: A propensity score-matched analysis. Endosc Int Open 2024;12:E108

- Saqr Alsakarneh, Mahmoud Y. Madi, Dushyant Singh Dahiya, Fouad Jaber, Yassine Kilani, Mohamed Ahmed, Azizullah Beran, Mohamed Abdallah, Omar Al Ta’ani, Anika Mittal, Laith Numan, Hemant Goyal, Mohammad Bilal, Wissam Kiwan. Is Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy Safe and Effective after Failed Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography?—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JCM 2024;13:3883

- Akihisa Ohno, Nao Fujimori, Toshiya Abe, Masafumi Nakamura, Yoshihiro Ogawa. Bile peritonitis after placement of a metallic stent in endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy: A pitfall and the rescue technique. Endoscopy 2023;55:E94

- Sung Hyun Cho, Tae Jun Song, Dongwook Oh, Do Hyun Park, Dong‐Wan Seo, Sung Koo Lee. Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided hepaticoduodenostomy versus percutaneous drainage for right intrahepatic duct dilatation in malignant hilar obstruction. J of Gastro and Hepatol 2024;39:552

- Taro Shibuki, Kei Okumura, Masanari Sekine, Ikuhiro Kobori, Aki Miyagaki, Yoshihiro Sasaki, Yuichi Takano, Yusuke Hashimoto. Covered self-expandable metallic stents versus plastic stents for endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy in patients with malignant biliary obstruction. Clin Endosc 2023;56:802

- Junichi Nakamura, Takeshi Ogura, Saori Ueno, Atsushi Okuda, Nobu Nishioka, Yuki Uba, Mitsuki Tomita, Kimi Bessho, Nobuhiro Hattori, Hiroki Nishikawa. Liver impaction technique improves technical success rate of guidewire insertion during EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (with video). Therap Adv Gastroenterol 2023;16

- Surinder Singh Rana, Jimil Shah, Harish Bhujade, Ujjwal Gorsi, Mandeep Kang, Rajesh Gupta. Prevention of Serious Complications during Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biliary Drainage: A Case-Based Technical Review. Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2022;13:082

- Akihisa Kato, Michihiro Yoshida, Yasuki Hori, Kenta Kachi, Hidenori Sahashi, Tadashi Toyohara, Akihisa Adachi, Kayoko Kuno, Yusuke Kito, Hiromi Kataoka. The novel technique of drainage stenting using a tapered sheath dilator in endoscopic ultrasound‐guided biliary drainage. DEN Open 2024;4

- Phonthep Angsuwatcharakon, Santi Kulpatcharapong, Alan Chuncharunee, Christopher Khor, Benedict Devereaux, Jong Ho Moon, Thawee Ratanachu-ek, Hsiu Po Wang, Nonthalee Pausawasdi, Amit Maydeo, Takao Itoi, Ryan Ponnudurai, Mohan Ramchandani, Yousuke Nakai, Dong Wan Seo, Takeshi Ogura, Raymond SY Tang, Pradermchai Kongkam, Dadang Makmun, Frederick Dy, Wiriyaporn Ridtitid, Yu Ting Kuo, Khanh Cong Pham, Borathchakra Oung, Jeffrey Lee, Rungsun Rerknimitr. The updated Asia-Pacific consensus statement on the role of endoscopic management in malignant hilar biliary obstruction. Endosc Int Open 2024;12:E1065

- Mark Hanscom, Stephen Anders, Shahrad Hakimian, Anwar Dudekala, Prashanth Rau, Anupam Singh, Jaroslav Zivny, Gustavo Churrango, Kanishka Bhattacharya, Christopher Marshall, Neil B. Marya. Novel dilation technique and stent selection to reduce periprocedural adverse events in left hepaticogastrostomy. VideoGIE 2021;6:460

- Deepak Madhu, Vinay Dhir. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary interventions. Indian J Gastroenterol 2024;43:943

- Nozomi Okuno, Kazuo Hara, Nobumasa Mizuno, Shin Haba, Takamichi Kuwahara, Yasuhiro Kuraishi, Masahiro Tajika, Tsutomu Tanaka, Sachiyo Onishi, Keisaku Yamada, Daiki Fumihara, Takafumi Yanaidani, Sho Ishikawa, Masanori Yamada, Tsukasa Yasuda, Moaz Elshair. B2 puncture with forward-viewing EUS simplifies EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (with video). 2022;11:319

- Tomoki Ogata, Yusuke Kurita, Takamitsu Sato, Shin Yagi, Sho Hasegawa, Kunihiro Hosono, Noritoshi Kobayashi, Itaru Endo, Kensuke Kubota, Atsushi Nakajima. Thin Delivery Stents Can Obviate the Need for Additional Fistula Dilatation of Large Diameter in Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy. JCM 2024;13:6328

- Tanyaporn Chantarojanasiri, Thawee Ratanachu-Ek, Nonthalee Pausawasdi. What You Need to Know Before Performing Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Hepaticogastrostomy. Clin Endosc 2021;54:301

- Kimi Bessho, Takeshi Ogura, Saori Ueno, Atsushi Okuda, Nobu Nishioka, Jun Sakamoto, Yoshitaro Yamamoto, Yuki Uba, Mitsuki Tomita, Nobuhiro Hattori, Junichi Nakamura, Hiroki Nishikawa. Moving scope technique improves technical success rate of device insertion during EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (with video). Therap Adv Gastroenterol 2023;16

- Takeshi Ogura, Atsushi Okuda, Saori Ueno, Nobu Nishioka, Kazuhide Higuchi. Novel guidewire with coiled tip improves technical success of guidewire manipulation during EUS-guided biliary drainage (with video). 2023;12:155

- Rishi Pawa, Troy Pleasant, Chloe Tom, Swati Pawa. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage: Are we there yet?. WJGE 2021;13:302

- Takeshi Ogura, Yuki Uba, Nobuhiro Hattori, Kimi Bessho, Hiroki Nishikawa. One-step technique for endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy using a partially covered metal stent for superficial bile duct access. Endoscopy 2024;56:E665

- Fabrice Caillol, Sébastien Godat, Alexey Solovyev, Amina Harouchi, Sarra Oumrani, Mariola Marx, Solene Hoibian, Yanis Dahel, Jean-Philippe Ratone, Marc Giovannini. EUS-BD for calibration of benign stenosis of the bile duct in patients with altered anatomy or inaccessible papilla. Endosc Int Open 2024;12:E377

- Ryota Sagami, Kazuhiro Mizukami, Kazuhisa Okamoto, Chishio Noguchi, Takao Sato, Hidefumi Nishikiori, Yoshinari Kawahara, Masahiro Wada, Yuichiro Otsuka, Satoshi Fukuchi, Hiroshi Takihara, Naosuke Kuraoka, Keita Suzuki, Kazunari Murakami. Experience-Related Factors in the Success of Beginner Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biliary Drainage: A Multicenter Study. JCM 2023;12:2393

- Daiki Yamashige, Susumu Hijioka, Yoshikuni Nagashio, Yuta Maruki, Yasuhiro Komori, Masaru Kuwada, Soma Fukuda, Shin Yagi, Kohei Okamoto, Daiki Agarie, Mark Chatto, Chigusa Morizane, Hideki Ueno, Shunsuke Sugawara, Miyuki Sone, Yutaka Saito, Takuji Okusaka. Metal stent versus plastic stent in endoscopic ultrasound‐guided hepaticogastrostomy for unresectable malignant biliary obstruction: Large single‐center retrospective comparative study. Digestive Endoscopy 2025;37:117

- Kejie Mao, Binbin Hu, Feng Sun, Kaiming Wan. Choledochoduodenostomy Versus Hepaticogastrostomy in Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Drainage for Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Meta-analysis and Systematic Review. 2022;32:124

- Takehiko Koga, Naoaki Tsuchiya, Yusuke Ishida, Takanori Kitaguchi, Keisuke Matsumoto, Makoto Fukuyama, Satoki Kojima, Norihiro Kojima, Fumihito Hirai. Structural factors influencing the clinical performance of 0.025-inch guidewires for pancreatobiliary endoscopy: An experimental study. Endosc Int Open 2024;12:E666

- Takeshi Ogura, Hirotoshi Ishiwatari, Susumu Hijioka, Kotaro Takeshita, Junya Sato, Mamoru Takenaka, Tomohiro Fukunaga, Shunsuke Omoto, Nao Fujimori, Akihisa Ohno, Keiichi Hatamaru, Takaaki Tamura, Hajime Imai, Masanori Yamada, Akitoshi Hakoda, Hiroki Nishikawa, Masayuki Kitano. Multicenter study comparing EUS‐guided hepaticogastrostomy and ERCP for malignant biliary obstruction in patients with accessible papillae. J Hepato Biliary Pancreat 2024;31:680

- Cecilia Binda, Elton Dajti, Paolo Giuffrida, Margherita Trebbi, Chiara Coluccio, Alessandro Cucchetti, Alessandro Fugazza, Barbara Perini, Giulia Gibiino, Andrea Anderloni, Alessandro Repici, Carlo Fabbri. Efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy: a meta-regression analysis. Endoscopy 2024;56:694

- Takeshi Ogura, Saori Ueno, Akitoshi Hakoda, Atsushi Okuda, Nobu Nishioka, Jun Sakamoto, Masahiro Yamamura, Nobuhiro Hattori, Kimi Bessho, Hiroki Nishikawa, Rie Kanaoka, Youhei Kurose. Mechanical evaluation of the dilation force of dilation devices during interventional endoscopic ultrasound. Endosc Int Open 2024;12:E955

- Daisuke Namima, Toshio Fujisawa, Sho Takahashi, Yusuke Takasaki, Ko Tomishima, Shigeto Ishii, Hiroyuki Isayama. Successful removal of a stuck plastic stent in an echoendoscope by additional insertion of a transnasal endoscope. Endoscopy 2024;56:E776

- Akihisa Ohno, Toyoma Kaku, Nao Fujimori. Spy basket retrieval method of an embedded hepaticogastrostomy stent (with videos). 2023;12:167

- Edoardo Troncone, Rosa Amendola, Alessandro Moscardelli, Elena De Cristofaro, Pasquale De Vico, Omero Alessandro Paoluzi, Giovanni Monteleone, Manuel Perez-Miranda, Giovanna Del Vecchio Blanco. Endoscopic Gallbladder Drainage: A Comprehensive Review on Indications, Techniques, and Future Perspectives. Medicina 2024;60:633

- Takeshi Ogura, Kimi Bessho, Nobuhiro Hattori, Jun Matsuno, Hiroki Nishikawa. Technical tips for antegrade endopancreatic radiofrequency ablation for severe pancreatojejunal stricture. Endoscopy 2024;56:E628

- Takeshi Ogura, Saori Ueno, Atsushi Okuda, Nobu Nishioka, Akira Miyano, Yoshitaro Yamamoto, Kimi Bessho, Mitsuki Tomita, Nobuhiro Hattori, Junichi Nakamura, Hiroki Nishikawa. Can Lemborexant for Insomnia Prevent Delirium in High-Risk Patients with Pancreato-Biliary Disease after Endoscopic Procedures under Deep Sedation?. JCM 2022;12:297

- Kosuke Takahashi, Eisuke Ozawa, Yasuhiko Nakao, Masanori Fukushima, Hisamitsu Miyaaki, Kazuhiko Nakao. Backward leap technique using a novel 0.018-inch guidewire. Endoscopy 2025;57:E90

- Koji Takahashi, Hiroshi Ohyama, Izumi Ohno, Naoya Kato. Stent Deployment Without Tract Dilation in Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy Using a Novel Partially Covered Metal Stent With a Super-Slim Stent Delivery System: A Case Report. 2024

- Saburo Matsubara, Keito Nakagawa, Kentaro Suda, Takeshi Otsuka, Masashi Oka, Sumiko Nagoshi. Practical Tips for Safe and Successful Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy: A State-of-the-Art Technical Review. JCM 2022;11:1591

- Mitsuki Tomita, Takeshi Ogura, Akitoshi Hakoda, Saori Ueno, Atsushi Okuda, Nobu Nishioka, Yoshitaro Yamamoto, Hiroki Nishikawa. Propensity score matching analysis for clinical impact of braided-type versus laser-cut-type covered self-expandable metal stents for endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy. Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International 2024;23:181

- Koh Kitagawa, Akira Mitoro, Ryuki Minami, Shinsaku Nagamatsu, Takahiro Ozutsumi, Yukihisa Fujinaga, Norihisa Nishimura, Yasuhiko Sawada, Tadashi Namisaki, Takemi Akahane, Kosuke Kaji, Fumimasa Tomooka, Shohei Asada, Miki Kaneko, Hitoshi Yoshiji. Efficacy of a dedicated plastic stent in endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy during the learning curve: cumulative multi-center experience. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 2023;58:296

- Shin Yagi, Yusuke Kurita, Takamitsu Sato, Sho Hasegawa, Kunihiro Hosono, Noritoshi Kobayashi, Itaru Endo, Yusuke Saigusa, Kensuke Kubota, Atsushi Nakajima. Utility of Fine-Gauge Balloon Catheter for EUS-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy. JCM 2022;11:5681

- Takeshi Ogura, Yuki Uba, Nobuhiro Hattori, Kimi Bessho, Hiroki Nishikawa. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage using a novel visibility enhancement mode of a fluoroscopic system. Endoscopy 2024;56:E833

- Takeshi Ogura, Takaaki Eguchi, Kazunari Nakahara, Yoshihide Kanno, Shunsuke Omoto, Masahiro Itonaga, Taira Kuroda, Akitoshi Hakoda, Seitaro Ikeoka, Megumi Takagi, Akihiko Okada, Junya Sato, Ryo Morita, Yousuke Michikawa, Kei Ito, Shinsuke Koshita, Mamoru Takenaka, Masayuki Kitano, Mitsuhito Koizumi, Kazuhide Higuchi. Clinical impact of recombinant thrombomodulin administration on disseminated intravascular coagulation due to severe acute cholangitis (Recover‐AC study). J Hepato Biliary Pancreat 2023;30:221

- Hau-Jyun Su. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy in a patient with post esophagectomy and gastric tube reconstruction: a case report. Clin J Gastroenterol 2023;16:142

- Andrew Canakis, Todd H. Baron. Therapeutic Endoscopic Ultrasound: Current Indications and Future Perspectives. GE Port J Gastroenterol 2023;30:4

- Stefano Mazza, Graziella Masciangelo, Aurelio Mauro, Davide Scalvini, Francesca Torello Viera, Marco Bardone, Letizia Veronese, Laura Rovedatti, Simona Agazzi, Elena Strada, Lodovica Pozzi, Chiara Barteselli, Carmelo Sgarlata, Valentina Ravetta, Pietro Fusaroli, Andrea Anderloni. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy in Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Comprehensive Review on Technical Tips and Clinical Outcomes. Diagnostics 2024;14:2644
