Open AccessMethods, Indications, and Results of Percutaneous Choledochoscopy
Author(s) -
Thierry Ponchon,
G. Génin,
Richard Mitchell,
Luc Henry,
R Bory,
Dominique Bodnar,
Pierre-Jean Valette
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199601000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , general surgery , radiology
Nonsurgical methods for evaluation and treatment of the biliary tree are usually done under fluoroscopic guidance. Direct visualization of the bile ducts, that is, choledochoscopy, could provide a more precise method with which to perform these maneuvers. The methods, indications, and results of percutaneous choledochoscopy are discussed from a series of 161 procedures performed in 123 consecutive patients.