Open AccessClinical Application of a Single-Operator Direct Visualization System Improves the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Yield of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
Author(s) -
Turki AlAmeel,
Vincent G. Bain,
Gurpal Sandha
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2013/278758
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , radiology , biliary disease , operator (biology) , pancreatitis , surgery , biochemistry , chemistry , repressor , transcription factor , gene
Single-operator cholangioscopy enables direct diagnostic visualization and therapeutic intervention in the biliary tree. There is increasing evidence of its clinical utility in the assessment of biliary strictures and treatment of difficult stones.
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