Precut fistulotomy for difficult biliary cannulation: Is it a risky preference in relation to the experience of an endoscopist?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1896-1903

  Lee, Tae Hoon ^a   Bang, Byoung Wook ^b   Park, Sang Heum ^a   Jeong, Seok ^b   Lee, Don Haeng ^b   Kim, Sun Joo ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biliary cannulation; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Pancreatitis; Precut fistulotomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADENOMA; AGED; AMPULLARY ADENOMA; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CANNULATION; CHOLEDOCHOCELE; CHOLESTASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFICULT BILIARY CANNULATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; JAUNDICE; KLATSKIN TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREATITIS; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRECUT FISTULOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPULLA OF VATER; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; COMMON BILE DUCT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 79959765156     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-010-1483-z     Document Type: Article

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