Endoscopic direct cholangioscopy by using an ultra-slim upper endoscope: a feasibility study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 853-857

  Larghi, Alberto ^a   Waxman, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DUODENOSCOPE; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VATER PAPILLA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646162429     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.07.050     Document Type: Article

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