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We report our single-center experience of EUS-guided cystogastrostomy and lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) positioning in children with PFCs; this, at the best of our knowledge, has never been reported before. All consecutive children with PFCs between April 2020 and November 2022 were enrolled in this retrospective study. PFCs were preoperatively evaluated with MRI or CT scan. All the procedures were performed under general anesthesia. A LAMS Hot-AxiosTM 10 \u00d7 15 mm was placed in all patients. We evaluated technical feasibility and clinical outcomes, including complications and recurrence rates. Follow-up included clinical observation, blood tests and US. EUS-guided cystogastrostomy was performed in 3 children (2 males; median age 13.2 years). Median maximum cyst diameter was 14.7 cm (range 10\u201322 cm). Technical and clinical success rates were 100%. No intra or post-operative complications occurred. Our experience suggests that this can be considered a safe and feasible treatment of PCFs even in the pediatric population, as long as the procedure is performed by an expert Endoscopist in a pediatric tertiary-level Center.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children11060643","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,27]],"date-time":"2024-05-27T10:14:07Z","timestamp":1716804847000},"page":"643","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Single Center Experience of Eus-Guided Cystogastrostomy and Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent (LAMS) Positioning in Children with Pancreatic Fluid Collections: A Case Series"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Annalisa Fiammetta","family":"Pasqualetto","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery, ASST Spedali Civili Children\u2019s Hospital, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3341-5379","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giovanni","family":"Boroni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery, ASST Spedali Civili Children\u2019s Hospital, 25123 Brescia, Italy"},{"name":"European Reference Network for Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dario","family":"Moneghini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Digestive and Interventional Endoscopy, ASST Spedali Civili, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1486-0234","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Filippo","family":"Parolini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery, ASST Spedali Civili Children\u2019s Hospital, 25123 Brescia, Italy"},{"name":"European Reference Network for Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paolo","family":"Orizio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery, ASST Spedali Civili Children\u2019s Hospital, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anna Lavinia","family":"Bulotta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery, ASST Spedali Civili Children\u2019s Hospital, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Guido","family":"Missale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Digestive and Interventional Endoscopy, ASST Spedali Civili, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniele","family":"Alberti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery, ASST Spedali Civili Children\u2019s Hospital, 25123 Brescia, Italy"},{"name":"European Reference Network for Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)"},{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"261","DOI":"10.1097\/MPG.0b013e31824f1516","article-title":"Definitions of pediatric pancreatitis and survey of present clinical practices","volume":"55","author":"Morinville","year":"2012","journal-title":"J. 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