Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical effect and safety of transmural drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts (PPC) under X-ray free echoendoscope compared with X-ray guided transmural drainage of PPC.Methods Clinical data of 33 patients diagnosed with PPC from January 2018 to June 2021 were collected and analyzed retrospectively. 14 patients underwent X-ray free transmural drainage using echoendoscope while 19 patients got treatment with X-ray. The surgical success rate, operation time and complications were analyzed.Results All the 33 patients (100.00%) with PPC were successfully operated. The average operation time of X-ray free group was (28.30 ± 13.00) min which is obviously shorter than that of X-ray group (46.79 ± 18.00) min (P < 0.05). Only two cases had complications (14.28%) in X-ray free group, one patient had infection and fever after treatment, which improved after endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (ENBD). Another case with regional portal hypertension got postoperative bleeding, which was relieved after interventional treatment. Four cases in X-ray group had complications (21.05%), two of them received re-drainage due to infection, two of them showed upper gastrointestinal bleeding, 2 cases experienced upper gastrointestinal bleeding, 1 case was successfully treated conservatively, and 1 case underwent open surgery for hemostasis and external cyst drainage.Conclusion The X-ray free transmural drainage of PPC using echoendoscope is safe and effective, takes shorter time of operation, and the operator is able to avoid the damage of X-ray, which is worthy of clinical promotion .