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Mapping axel heyst's island: the limits of allegory in Conrad's Victory Mapping axel heyst's island: the limits of allegory in Conrad's Victory

open access: yesIlha do Desterro, 2008
Readers of Treasure Island may remember Stevenson's observation that his novel grew up around the treasure map he had one day draw in a mood of daydream. The map receeded and incited his prose, providing not only tmosphere, but stimulus for plot.
John Derrick
doaj   +2 more sources

Abstraction, diffraction, experimentation: the making of ‘The Amber Spyglass’ in Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials

open access: yes
This article traces the construction of ‘The Amber Spyglass’ (2015[2000]) from Philip Pullman’s homonymous children’s novel, to explore two interrelated conceptual issues.
Genova, Neda
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Intraoperative transcystic laparoscopic common bile duct stone clearance with SpyGlass™ discover during emergency and elective cholecystectomy: a single-center case series

open access: yesWorld Journal of Emergency Surgery
Background and study aim The development of a new cholangioscope, the SpyGlass™ Discover (Boston Scientific), has allowed the laparoscopic transcystic common bile duct exploration and stone clearance.
Paola Fugazzola   +14 more
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Utilidad de la Colangiopancreatoscopia directa en el manejo del cálculo pancreático, a propósito de un caso (con video)

open access: yesRevista Colombiana de Gastroenterología, 2019
Se presenta el caso de un paciente con pancreatitis crónica y hallazgo de lesión quística en el ducto pancreático principal, a quien se le realizó colangioscopia directa tipo Spyglass y se encontró un gran cálculo impactado a nivel de la cabeza del ...
Martín Alonso Gómez Zuleta   +2 more
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Use of endoscopic ultrasound to reduce the need for SpyGlass cholangioscopy and improve its diagnostic yield.

open access: yes, 2012
169 Background: The accuracy of SpyGlass cholangioscopy (SGC) guided biopsy is only modest (60%) due to extrinsic lesion causing ductal stricture. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) can visualise the biliary tree and acquire tissue via fine needle aspiration (
Nam Q. Nguyen
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Successful application of percutaneous endoscopic cholangioscopy + electrohydraulic lithotripsy for hepatolithiasis post-liver transplantation: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports
Background Liver transplantation in pediatric patients is a crucial intervention for treating end-stage hepatic diseases. Despite significant advances in surgical techniques and postoperative care, complications remain a substantial challenge in this ...
Ana Clarete   +3 more
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Salvage Percutaneous SpyGlass-Assisted Lithotripsy via a Cholecystostomy Tract After Failed ERCP: A Case Report

open access: yes
IR-driven percutaneous cholangioscopy with SpyGlass-assisted lithotripsy is an emerging salvage technique for biliary stone disease in patients with failed or contraindicated endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) due to complex anatomy ...
Hong, Tiffany   +3 more
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Adverse Events of the Single Operator Cholangioscopy System: A MAUDE Database Analysis

open access: yes
Background and aims: SpyGlass single operator cholangioscopy (SOC) system is generally considered safe but adds additional risks to those associated with standard endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
Diehl, David L   +5 more
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Diagnostic usefulness of SpyGlass in intracholecystic papillary neoplasm with pancreaticobiliary maljunction: a case report and comparison with conventional gallbladder cancer with pancreaticobiliary maljunction

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Background Intracholecystic papillary neoplasm (ICPN) is one of the precursors of gallbladder cancer defined in the 2010 World Health Organization classification of tumors.
Ajiki, Tetsuo   +27 more
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