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The role of peroral cholangioscopy in liver transplant recipients: A prospective, international series [PDF]
Background: Biliary strictures are a common complication of living and deceased donor liver transplantation. Peroral cholangioscopy (POCS) with POCS-guided biliary tract biopsies may improve diagnostic accuracy compared to endoscopic retrograde ...
Andraus, Wellington+12 more
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Background and study aims: Residual bile duct stones may persist despite negative cholangiographic findings after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, increasing risk of recurrence and complications.
Marcelo Klotz Dall'Agnol+8 more
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Update of cholangioscopy and biliary strictures
Cholangioscopy remains another modality in the investigation of biliary strictures. At cholangioscopy, the "tumour vessel" sign is considered a specific sign for malignancy. Through its ability to not only visualise mucosa, but to take targeted biopsies, it has a greater accuracy, sensitivity and specificity for malignant strictures than endoscopic ...
Marcus W. Chin, Michael F Byrne
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Emergencies after endoscopic procedures [PDF]
Endoscopy adverse events (AEs), or complications, are a rising concern on the quality of endoscopic care, given the technical advances and the crescent complexity of therapeutic procedures, over the entire gastrointestinal and bilio-prancreatic tract. In
Abbas+116 more
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The role of multidisciplinary meetings for benign pancreatobiliary diseases: a tertiary centre experience [PDF]
Multidisciplinary meetings are central to the management of chronic and complex diseases and they have become widely established across the modern healthcare. Patients with pancreatobiliary diseases can often present with complex clinical dilemmas, which
Amin, Z+10 more
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Successful Diagnosis and Management of Biliary Cast Syndrome in a Liver Transplant Patient Using Single Operator Cholangioscopy [PDF]
Context Biliary cast syndrome is an unusual complication of orthotopic liver transplantation with serious clinical implications. Surgical management has been the mainstay of treatment.
Navaneethan, Udayakumar+1 more
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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+13 more
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Restoration of Completely Transected Common Bile Duct Continuity Using Single Operator Cholangioscopy [PDF]
Common bile duct (CBD) injury, ranging from a partial tear to a complete transection, is a major surgical complication of cholecystectomy with significant morbidity and mortality. Proper management of these complex injuries depends on the type and extent
Ali, Saad Emhmed+4 more
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Collaboration is Key – Bridging the Gap and Building an IR Endoscopy Practice [PDF]
While the tools and techniques employed by interventional radiologists on a day-to-day basis translate well to learning the skills required to perform basic endoscopic interventions, collaboration with other specialties is crucial to the success of an ...
Albertson, Nathan R.+5 more
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Endoscopic Management of Difficult Biliary Stones: An Evergreen Issue
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+14 more
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