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EFFECTIVENESS OF PERORAL CHOLANGIOSCOPY AND NARROW BAND IMAGING FOR ENDOSCOPICALLY DIAGNOSING THE BILE DUCT CANCER
Author(s) -
Igarashi Yoshinori,
Okano Naoki,
Ito Ken,
Suzuki Takuya,
Mimura Takahiko
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2009.00871.x
Subject(s) - medicine , narrow band imaging , bile duct , bile duct cancer , radiology , cancer , endoscopy , gastroenterology
CHF‐B260 has thinner diameters, and the quality of the endoscopic images has improved. Recently, narrow band imaging (NBI) system has been developed for high‐contrast observation of mucosal structures and vascular patterns. It is available to diagnose for the bile duct cancer endoscopically and it is useful for desciding of surgical margin before operation. As for its applicability to investigating the progression of superficially infiltrated bile duct cancer, additional cases must be examined in the future.