Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided common bile duct stone removal

Endoscopic ultrasonography has become an important diagnostic and therapeutic tool in endoscopy units.It has a great impact on biliary and pancreatic disease management and its application to retrograde cholangiopancreatography is appealing,although very challenging with current devices.In this arti...

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Published inWorld journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy Vol. 2; no. 6; pp. 210 - 211
Main Authors Artifon, Everson La, Couto, Jr, Decio S, Goñi, Silvia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited 16.06.2010
Subjects
Biliary
cholangiopancreatography
Choledocholithiasis
diseases
Endoscopic
Endosonography
retrograde
Therapeutics
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tract
Biliary tract diseases
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Endosonography
Choledocholithiasis
Therapeutics
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Summary:Endoscopic ultrasonography has become an important diagnostic and therapeutic tool in endoscopy units.It has a great impact on biliary and pancreatic disease management and its application to retrograde cholangiopancreatography is appealing,although very challenging with current devices.In this article we describe our initial experience with this technique.
Bibliography:Everson LA Artifon,Decio S Couto Jr,Pancreatic and BiliaryUnit,Ana Costa Hospital,So Paulo 11075-400,Brazil Silvia Goi,Department of Gastroenterology,Hospital de Navarra,Pamplona 31008,Spain
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Correspondence to: Everson LA Artifon, MD, PhD, FASGE, Associate Professor of Medicine, Pancreatic and Biliary Unit, Ana Costa Hospital, R. Pedro Américo, 60 - Encruzilhada, Santos, São Paulo 11075-400, Brazil. eartifon@hotmail.com
Telephone: +55-13-32029243 Fax: +55-13-32289055
Author contributions: Artifon ELA contributed to draft, critical revision and final approval of the article; Couto DS made a critical revision; and Goñi S participated in drafting the article.
ISSN:1948-5190
1948-5190
DOI:10.4253/wjge.v2.i6.210