Open AccessSequential double-guidewire technique and transpancreatic precut sphincterotomy for difficult biliary cannulation
Author(s) -
Chang W Kim,
Jae Hyuck Chang,
Tae Hyuk Kim,
Sok Won Han
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.151212
Subject(s) - medicine , major duodenal papilla , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , gastroenterology , pancreatitis , surgery , incidence (geometry) , bile duct , physics , optics
The double-guidewire technique (DGT) and transpancreatic precut sphincterotomy (TPS) are introduced as alternative biliary cannulation techniques for difficult biliary cannulation. This study aimed to evaluate the sequential use of DGT and TPS compared with a needle-knife precut papillotomy (NK).