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Recent developments in choledochoscopy: technical and clinical advances
Ming-Ming Xu, Michel Kahaleh Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA Abstract: Peroral cholangioscopy has become an important tool in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of ...
Xu MM, Kahaleh M
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Background Cholecystocolonic fistula (CCF) is a rare complication of advanced Mirizzi syndrome (MS) and often presents with chronic watery diarrhea due to abnormal bile entry into the colon. The optimal role of endoscopic treatment in MS with CCF remains uncertain.
Koichiro Miyagawa +6 more
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Peroral cholangioscopy: Update on the state-of-the-art [PDF]
Peroral cholangioscopy (POC) is an endoscopic procedure that allows direct intraductal visualization of the biliary tract. POC has emerged as a vital tool for indeterminate biliary stricture evaluation and treatment of difficult biliary stones.
Buxbaum, James L +2 more
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The Role of Peroral Cholangioscopy in Evaluating Indeterminate Biliary Strictures [PDF]
Biliary strictures are considered indeterminate when the initial radiologic evaluation and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with brush cytology and/or forceps biopsy do not reveal diagnostic findings.
Nasim Parsa, Mouen A. Khashab
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We present the case of treatment of choledocholithiasis complicated with obstructive jaundice and acute grade II cholangitis according to Tokyo criteria in the female patient aged 96 years with significant comorbidity.
M. Yu. Kabanov +5 more
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Removal of a Large, Intractable Common Bile Duct Stone by Direct Peroral Cholangioscopy
ERCP is the standard treatment for common bile duct stones. On the other hand, 10-15% of cases involve intractable common bile duct stones, which cannot be treated by conventional biliary sphincterotomy with a stone retrieval method.
Jun Heo, Min Kyu Jung
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Breaking the Barrier in Endoscopy
In this narrative review, invited by the Editors of the Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, we summarize recent advances in the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy with regard to reaching the earlier inaccessible areas in the gut by newer methods and ...
Partha Pal +4 more
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Diagnostic utility of single-user peroral cholangioscopy in sclerosing cholangitis
\ua9 2014 Informa Healthcare. Objective. To evaluate the diagnostic utility of single-operator peroral cholangioscopy (SOC) in patients with sclerosing cholangitis. Methods.
Vlavianos P +9 more
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Background and study aims Preoperative assessment of the superficial ductal spread (SDS) of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PCCA) is important for determining its resectability. A virtual endoscopic imaging method, magnetic resonance cholangioscopy (MRCS),
Mitsuru Okuno +10 more
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Background/Aims: Treatment options for difficult bile duct stones are limited. Direct peroral cholangioscopy (POC)-guided lithotripsy may be an option. A newly developed multibending (MB) ultraslim endoscope has several structural features optimized for ...
Won Myung Lee +8 more
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