Post written by Dennis Chen, MD, from the Center for Endoscopic Research and Therapeutics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. This Technology Status Evaluation Report evaluates the available ablative therapy devices for pancreatic and biliary ductal conditions and reviews the devices, techniques, indications, efficacy, and safety profiles of the existing technology. Ablative therapies have been increasingly used …
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Full-depth evaluation of the bile duct with a 7F cholangioscope and its possibility for guiding therapeutics
Post written by Carlos Robles-Medranda, MD, AGAF, FASGE, from the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas, Guayaquil, Ecuador. In this review article, we present 4 instances where the 7F cholangioscope emerged as a valuable tool for assessment of challenging biliary ducts, along with a comparative analysis among available cholangioscopes. In case 1, the 7F cholangioscope facilitated identification …
Reintervention for an occluded metal stent
Tsukasa Ikeura, MD, PhD from the Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, in Osaka, Japan shares this video case from the VideoGIE section, "Reintervention for an occluded metal stent under the guidance of peroral direct cholangioscopy by using an ultra-slim enteroscope." A patient who had undergone partial gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy for gastric …
Choledochoscopic surveillance
Authors Mohit Girotra, MD and Rayburn F. Rego, MD from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA share this case "Choledochoscopic surveillance in a patient with Hepaticolithiasi" from the VideoGIE section. A 54-year-old Asian female with recurrent hepaticolithiasis had previously undergone a Kasai …
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