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the stomach and anchored by placing a plastic stent through it. The liver abscess in our patient was
located in the hepatic parenchyma, which precluded the use of a lumen-apposing metal stent. Therefore,
our technique is clinically useful for treating liver abscesses that arise after EUS-HGS, if percutaneous
approach is refused by patients.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Manuscript writing: Ogura T
Interpretation of data for the work, revising it critically for important intellectual content, final approval
of the version to be published, agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that
questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and
resolved: Ogura T, Okuda A, Miyano A, Nishioka N, Higuchi K

Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

Patient consent
Obtained.

Ethics approval
Not applicable.

Copyright
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