Open AccessTransnasal endoscopic retrograde chalangiopancreatography using an ultrathin endoscope: A prospective comparison with a routine oral procedure
Author(s) -
Akira Mori,
Noritsugu Ohashi,
Takako Maruyama,
Hideharu Tatebe,
Katsuhiko Sakai,
Takashi Shibuya,
Hiroshi Inoue,
Shoudou Takegoshi,
Masataka Okuno
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.1514
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagogastroduodenoscopy , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , hyperamylasemia , endoscope , fluoroscopy , surgery , endoscopy , nose , sedation , intubation , pancreatitis , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme , amylase
To investigate if transnasal endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (n-ERCP) using an ultrathin forward-viewing scope may overcome the disadvantages of conventional oral ERCP (o-ERCP) related to the large-caliber side-viewing duodenoscope.