Endoscopic Management of Benign Biliary Strictures

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 511-537

  Chan, Calvin H Y ^a   Telford, Jennifer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bile duct diseases; Cholangitis; ERCP; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; POLYETHYLENE;

BALLOON ASSISTED ENTEROSCOPY; BALLOON DILATATION; BENIGN BILIARY STRICTURE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFOCAL MICROENDOSCOPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV CHOLANGIOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SELF EXPANDABLE METAL BILIARY STENT; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BILE DUCTS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; CHOLESTASIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; STENTS;

EID: 84862980214     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: 15581950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2012.05.005     Document Type: Review

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