Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Middle East Patient’s Pancreatic Cyst Treated Without Abdominal Surgery
A patient from the Middle East had a large fluid-filled cyst near her pancreas for more than a year.
The cyst began after she had inflammation caused by gallstones.
It caused pain, weight loss and trouble eating.
It also pressed on a tube called the common bile duct.
She traveled to India because she was worried about having regular surgery.
Doctors at Artemis Hospitals used a flexible medical camera and ultrasound to reach the cyst.
They placed a small metal stent between the cyst and the stomach.
The stent let the fluid drain into the stomach without making a cut in the abdomen.
The hospital said the procedure took about 30 minutes and allowed a short hospital stay.
Artemis Hospitals in Bengaluru treated a Middle East patient’s pancreatic pseudocyst without abdominal surgery.
The pseudocyst developed after acute gallstone pancreatitis and had persisted for more than a year.
The patient experienced abdominal pain, substantial weight loss, difficulty eating and common bile duct compression.
Doctors performed EUS-guided cystogastrostomy using a Hot AXIOS Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent.
The approximately 30-minute procedure created an internal drainage channel and required only a short hospital stay, according to the hospital.
- Who
- A female international patient from the Middle East was treated by a multidisciplinary team at Artemis Hospitals, led by Dr M.A. Mir.
- What
- Doctors drained a persistent pancreatic pseudocyst using EUS-guided cystogastrostomy and a Hot AXIOS Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent.
- When
- The procedure took approximately 30 minutes; the patient had lived with the pseudocyst for more than a year before treatment.
- Where
- Artemis Hospitals in Bengaluru, India.
- Why
- The patient sought an alternative to conventional abdominal surgery because the pseudocyst was causing symptoms and compressing the common bile duct.
- Hospital
- Artemis Hospitals, Bengaluru
- Patient
- International patient from the Middle East
- Condition
- Large pancreatic pseudocyst following acute gallstone pancreatitis
- Duration
- More than one year
- Procedure
- EUS-guided cystogastrostomy
- Device
- Hot AXIOS Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent
- Procedure time
- Approximately 30 minutes
- Hospital stay
- Short stay, according to the hospital