Early use of needle-knife fistulotomy is safe in situations where difficult biliary cannulation is expected

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1384-1390

  Lim, Jun Uk ^a   Shin, Hyun Phil ^a   Jeon, Jung Won ^a   Joo, Kwang Ro ^a   Lee, Joung Il ^a   Kim, Bum Soo ^a   Cha, Jae Myung ^a   Park, Jae Jun ^a   Joo, Sunhyung ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cannulation; Complications; Endoscopic papillotomy; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY CANNULATION; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANNULATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM PERFORATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE KNIFE FISTULOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINCTEROTOMY; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CATHETERIZATION; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREATITIS; PATHOLOGY; RUPTURE; STANDARD; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS; RUPTURE; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84863631257     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2030-x     Document Type: Article

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