Post written by Yuki Tanisaka, MD, PhD, from Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan. Endoscopic stone extraction in patients with surgically altered anatomy (SAA) using balloon enteroscopy is considered difficult. Although endoscopic papillary balloon dilation (EPBD) is one of the necessary procedures to extract the stone, EPBD in patients with SAA is challenging because …
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ERCP in Billroth II gastrectomy patients
Tae Young Park, MD¹ and Tae Jun Song, MD, PhD² report their study "Outcomes of ERCP in Billroth II gastrectomy patients." We investigated the outcomes and risk factors for adverse events for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) using a cap-fitted forward-viewing endoscope with endoscopic papillary balloon dilation (EPBD) in Billroth II gastrectomy patients. ERCP is difficult …
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