Clinical practice patterns in indirect peroral cholangiopancreatoscopy: outcome of a European survey [PDF]
Background and aims Indirect peroral cholangiopancreatoscopy (IPOC) is a relatively new diagnostic and therapeutic tool for biliopancreatic diseases. This international survey aimed to evaluate clinical practice patterns in IPOC among endoscopists in ...
Pauline M.C. Stassen +7 more
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Diagnostic and therapeutic peroral cholangioscopy
Peroral cholangioscopy (POC) provides direct visualization of the bile duct and facilitates diagnostic or therapeutic intervention. The currently available single-operator POC systems are “Mother-baby” scope system, SpyGlass direct visualization system ...
Jong Ho Moon, Yu Ri Seo, Hyun Jong Choi
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Single-Operator Peroral Cholangioscopy for Extraction of Cystic Duct Stones in Postcholecystectomy Mirizzi Syndrome [PDF]
Mirizzi syndrome is an exceptionally rare diagnosis with an annual incidence of less than 1% in developed countries. In this disease process, stone burden in the cystic duct or gallbladder neck leads to common hepatic duct obstruction, either by ...
Jason Deforest Jones, Rishi Pawa
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Bile-Duct Stone Removal under Direct Transnasal Cholangioscopy Using an Ultraslim Upper Endoscope
The transnasal endoscopic examination using an ultraslim upper endoscope may be more comfortable and less stressful than the peroral approach. Transnasal endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), endoscopic nasobiliary drainage, and direct ...
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Peroral Cholangioscopy [PDF]
Nagai and colleagues present evidence‐based clinical practice guidelines developed by the Japan Biliary Association to support the use of peroral cholangioscopy. The guidelines address indications, procedural standards, diagnostic and therapeutic applications, and adverse event management, providing a practical reference for the safe and effective use ...
Kazumasa Nagai +13 more
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Cholangioscopy not only enables the direct visualization of the biliary tree, but also allows for forceps biopsy to diagnosis early cholangiocarcinoma.
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Possibilities of Peroral Transpapillary Cholangioscopy in Treatment of Complex Choledocholithiasis [PDF]
Background: Сomplex choledocholithiasis remains an urgent socio-medical problem in modern medicine. This pathology is more common in patients with cholelithiasis and causes such complications as obstructive jaundice, acute and chronic pancreatitis ...
V. Yu. Dynko +5 more
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Cholangioscopy and its Role in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis [PDF]
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a cholestatic liver disease characterised by chronic inflammation and fibro-obliteration of the intrahepatic and/or extrahepatic bile ducts. It is associated with numerous hepatobiliary complications including an
Brian M. Fung +3 more
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Role of Peroral Cholangioscopy in the Diagnosis of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is characterized by idiopathic biliary stricture followed by progressive cholestasis and fibrosis. When diagnosing PSC, its differentiation from other types of sclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma is ...
Toshio Fujisawa +11 more
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Peroral-cholangioscopy to plan surgery for protruding biliary lesions: report of four cases
Intraductal biliary lesions can involve the main hepatic confluence. Assessment of the extension of pedunculated biliary lesions during per-oral cholangioscopy (POCS) can optimize and personalize the surgical strategy.
Andrea Tringali +9 more
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