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Gurpal Sandha

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Gurpal Sandha

Professor

Medicine Dept

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Optimizing tissue acquisition to improve the diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy of solid masses: a quality improvement initiative.
Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2026 · senior author
Stent misdeployment and factors associated with failure in endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy: analysis of the combined datasets from two randomized trials.
Endoscopy · 2025
Aspirin exposure and its association with metal stent patency in malignant distal biliary obstruction: a large international multicenter propensity score-matched study.
Gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2024

All 17 publications

17 publications.

Optimizing tissue acquisition to improve the diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy of solid masses: a quality improvement initiative.

Khan S, Ashrafinia N, Mathura P, Puttagunta L, Girgis S, Thiesen A, Zhang J, Nilsson JE, Wasilenko S, Zepeda-Gomez S, Sandha G

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwag022 PMID: 42553859

Stent misdeployment and factors associated with failure in endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy: analysis of the combined datasets from two randomized trials.

Chen YI, Long C, Sahai AV, Napoleon B, Donatelli G, Kunda R, Martel M, Chan SM, Arcidiacono PG, Lam E, Kongkam P, Forbes N, Larghi A, Mosko JD, Van der Merwe S, Gan SI, Jacques J, Kenshil S, Ratanachu-Ek T, Miller C, Saxena P, Desilets E, Sandha G, Alrifae Y, Teoh AYB, ELEMENT and DRA-MBO working groups

Endoscopy202513 citations

DOI: 10.1055/a-2463-1601 PMID: 39505002

Aspirin exposure and its association with metal stent patency in malignant distal biliary obstruction: a large international multicenter propensity score-matched study.

Candido K, Bouchard S, Hansen-Barkun C, Huang DC, Chatterjee A, Menard C, Miller C, Sandha G, Donnellan F, Telford J, Desilets E, Forbes N, Roy A, Calo N, Gan I, Lam E, Pleskow D, Chen Kiow JL, Sarker A, Cadieux-Genesse E, Jain A, Louis F, Bilal M, Sene PM, Fairclough J, Reuangrith J, Benmassaoud A, Geraci O, Martel M, Chen YI

Gastrointestinal endoscopy20242 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2023.11.004 PMID: 37951281

Optimising the indications for biliary stent placement during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: a quality improvement initiative to enhance patient care and reduce healthcare resource utilisation.

Alhaidari S, Alzahrani I, Alhanaee M, Decanini A, Mohamed M, Zepeda-Gomez S, Mathura P, Zhang J, Sandha G

BMJ open gastroenterology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgast-2024-001375 PMID: 39174029

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biliary Drainage of First Intent With a Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent vs Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Malignant Distal Biliary Obstruction: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study (ELEMENT Trial).

Chen YI, Sahai A, Donatelli G, Lam E, Forbes N, Mosko J, Paquin SC, Donnellan F, Chatterjee A, Telford J, Miller C, Desilets E, Sandha G, Kenshil S, Mohamed R, May G, Gan I, Barkun J, Calo N, Nawawi A, Friedman G, Cohen A, Maniere T, Chaudhury P, Metrakos P, Zogopoulos G, Bessissow A, Khalil JA, Baffis V, Waschke K, Parent J, Soulellis C, Khashab M, Kunda R, Geraci O, Martel M, Schwartzman K, Fiore JF, Rahme E, Barkun A

Gastroenterology2023135 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.07.024 PMID: 37549753

EUS-guided biliary drainage in malignant distal biliary obstruction: An international survey to identify barriers of technology implementation.

Palmieri V, Barkun A, Forbes N, Martel M, Lam E, Telford J, Sandha G, Paquin S, Sahai A, Chen YI

Endoscopic ultrasound202311 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.4103/eus-d-21-00137 PMID: 36861509

Outcomes Following Extrahepatic and Intraportal Pancreatic Islet Transplantation: A Comparative Cohort Study.

Verhoeff K, Marfil-Garza BA, Sandha G, Cooper D, Dajani K, Bigam DL, Anderson B, Kin T, Lam A, O'Gorman D, Senior PA, Ricordi C, Shapiro AMJ

Transplantation202224 citations

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000004180 PMID: 35676866

Performance Characteristics of a Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent for Pancreatic Fluid Collections: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Dhillon A, Li S, Sandha S, D'Souza P, Sandha G

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwaa023 PMID: 34337315

The Evolution of EUS-Guided Transluminal Drainage for the Treatment of Pancreatic Fluid Collections: A Comparison of Clinical and Cost Outcomes with Double-Pigtail Plastic Stents, Conventional Metal Stents and Lumen-Apposing Metal Stents.

Falk V, Kenshil S, Sandha S, Teshima C, D'Souza P, Sandha G

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwy049 PMID: 34169224

ELEMENT TRIAL: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial on endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage of first intent with a lumen-apposing metal stent vs. endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography in the management of malignant distal biliary obstruction.

Chen YI, Callichurn K, Chatterjee A, Desilets E, Fergal D, Forbes N, Gan I, Kenshil S, Khashab MA, Kunda R, Lam E, May G, Mohamed R, Mosko J, Paquin SC, Sahai A, Sandha G, Teshima C, Barkun A, Barkun J, Bessissow A, Candido K, Martel M, Miller C, Waschke K, Zogopoulos G, Wong C, ELEMENT trial and for the Canadian Endoscopic Research Collaborative (CERC)

Trials201924 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-019-3918-y PMID: 31818329

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Gurpal Sandha

Research

Latest papers

Optimizing tissue acquisition to improve the diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy of solid masses: a quality improvement initiative.

Stent misdeployment and factors associated with failure in endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy: analysis of the combined datasets from two randomized trials.

Aspirin exposure and its association with metal stent patency in malignant distal biliary obstruction: a large international multicenter propensity score-matched study.

Optimising the indications for biliary stent placement during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: a quality improvement initiative to enhance patient care and reduce healthcare resource utilisation.

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biliary Drainage of First Intent With a Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent vs Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Malignant Distal Biliary Obstruction: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study (ELEMENT Trial).

EUS-guided biliary drainage in malignant distal biliary obstruction: An international survey to identify barriers of technology implementation.

Outcomes Following Extrahepatic and Intraportal Pancreatic Islet Transplantation: A Comparative Cohort Study.

Performance Characteristics of a Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent for Pancreatic Fluid Collections: A Prospective Cohort Study.

The Evolution of EUS-Guided Transluminal Drainage for the Treatment of Pancreatic Fluid Collections: A Comparison of Clinical and Cost Outcomes with Double-Pigtail Plastic Stents, Conventional Metal Stents and Lumen-Apposing Metal Stents.

ELEMENT TRIAL: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial on endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage of first intent with a lumen-apposing metal stent vs. endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography in the management of malignant distal biliary obstruction.

Frequent collaborators

Nauzer Forbes

Yen-I Chen

Alan Barkun

Sergio Zepeda-Gomez

Anand Sahai

Gary May

George Zogopoulos

Jeffrey Barkun

Mahmod Mohamed

Jeffrey Mosko

Sander Van Zanten

André Roy

Gavin Low

Clarence Wong

Anna Lam

Peter Metrakos

Amine Benmassaoud

David Bigam

Brendan Halloran

Richard Owen

Kevin Schwartzman

Lakshmi Puttagunta

Elham Rahme

Julio Fiore Jr

Jad Abou Khalil

Peter Senior