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Direct Cholangioscopy with Standard Ultraslim Endoscopes for Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy of an Incarcerated Large Bile Duct Stone

, 2013
Ninety percent of patients with intraductal biliary stones are successfully treated with sphincterotomy and subsequent stone extraction. However, technical difficulty increases with stone size and giant stones require fragmentation to facilitate ...
Pohl, J
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Determining the Indeterminate Biliary Stricture: Cholangioscopy and Beyond

, 2020
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Purpose of Review: Indeterminate biliary strictures (IDBS) continue to be an area of frustration for clinicians.
Trindade, A. J., Sejpal, D. V., Martinez, N. S.   +2 more
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Endoscopic Management of Difficult Biliary Stones: An Evergreen Issue

Medicina
Choledocholithiasis is one of the most common indications for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in daily practice. Although the majority of stones are small and can be easily removed in a single endoscopy session, approximately 10–15%
Magdalini Manti, Jimil Shah, Apostolis Papaefthymiou, Antonio Facciorusso, Daryl Ramai, Georgios Tziatzios, Vasilios Papadopoulos, Konstantina Paraskeva, Ioannis S. Papanikolaou, Konstantinos Triantafyllou, Marianna Arvanitakis, Livia Archibugi, Giuseppe Vanella, Marcus Hollenbach, Paraskevas Gkolfakis   +14 more
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Cholangioscopy using a new type of cholangioscope for the diagnosis of biliary tract disease: A case series

, 2012
We present an initial report regarding the clinical usefulness of peroral cholangioscopy, using a new type of cholangioscope, the Polyscope. Peroral cholangioscopy was performed in four patients with strictures after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT)
FABBRI, CARLO, Cennamo, V, Luigiano, C., MAIMONE, ANTONELLA, CERONI, LIZA, Morace, C., BAZZOLI, FRANCO, JOVINE, ELIO   +7 more
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Direct Single-Operator Cholangioscopy and Intraductal Ultrasonography in Patients with Indeterminate Biliary Strictures: A Single Center Experience

Diagnostics
The evaluation of biliary strictures poses a challenge due to the low sensitivity of standard diagnostic approaches, but the advent of direct single-operator cholangioscopy (DSOC) has revolutionized this paradigm. Our study aimed to assess the diagnostic
Marco Sacco, Marcantonio Gesualdo, Maria Teresa Staiano, Eleonora Dall’Amico, Stefania Caronna, Simone Dibitetto, Chiara Canalis, Alessandro Caneglias, Federica Mediati, Rosa Claudia Stasio, Silvia Gaia, Giorgio Maria Saracco, Mauro Bruno, Claudio Giovanni De Angelis   +13 more
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Direct peroral cholangioscopy with laser lithotripsy in treating choledocholithiasis – single-institution experience

Introduction: Choledocholithiasis (CCL) is one of the most common serious health consequences of cholelithiasis. For years, evacuation of stones using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has been the first-line treatment.
Kosztowny, Konrad, Kraj, Tomasz, Bieguszewska, Karina, Strzelczyk, Janusz, Klimczak, Tomasz   +4 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Percutaneous Transhepatic Lithotripsy Using SpyGlassDSTM Cholangioscopy for the Treatment of Difficult Stones [PDF]

Background/Objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of percutaneous transhepatic lithotripsy using the SpyGlassDSTM cholangioscopy system for the treatment of difficult stones.
Marco Costa, Matilde Pavan, Gianpaolo Carrafiello, Giuseppe Pellegrino, Gaetano Valerio Davide Amato, Anna Maria Ierardi, Pierluca Torcia, Salvatore Alessio Angileri, Jacopo Pozzi, Velio Ascenti, Carolina Lanza, Pierpaolo Biondetti, Serena Carriero   +12 more
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Diagnostic Approach to Biliary Strictures

Diagnostics
Biliary strictures represent a narrowing of the bile ducts, leading to obstruction that may result from benign or malignant etiologies. Accurate diagnosis is crucial but challenging due to overlapping features between benign and malignant strictures ...
Daniyal Raza, Sahib Singh, Stefano Francesco Crinò, Ivo Boskoski, Cristiano Spada, Lorenzo Fuccio, Jayanta Samanta, Jahnvi Dhar, Marco Spadaccini, Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Marcello Fabio Maida, Jorge Machicado, Marcello Spampinato, Antonio Facciorusso   +13 more
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[Percutaneous endoscopic cholangioscopy (percutaneous cholangioscopy)].

Chirurgia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990), 2005
The aim of this paper is to present the percutaneous cholangioscopic method, objectives, indications, technique and advantages of this method in exploration and treatment of common bile duct disease. Percutaneous cholangioscopy is a complementary mini-invasive method, which is associated to classic or laparoscopic surgical procedures on common bile ...
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Direct Peroral Cholangioscopy using a Small-Caliber Gastroscope: A Case Series

, 2013
Cholangioscopy is a valuable tool that permits direct endoscopic visualization of the bile ducts contributing to precise diagnosis and facilitating therapeutic interventions.
Sioulas, Athanasios D.; Athens University, Papanikolaou, Ioannis S.; Athens University, Polymeros, Dimitrios; Athens University, Malli, Chrysoula; Athens University, Beintaris, Iosif; Athens University, Dimitriadis, George; Athens University, Triantafyllou, Konstantinos; Athens University   +6 more
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