Endosonography-guided Biliary Drainage Is Useful In Cases With Failed Endoscopic Biliary Stenting

The role of endosonography (ES) in digestive diseases is expanding gradually from diagnostic applications to therapeutic ones. The feasibility of ES-guided cholangiopancreatography was first reported by Harada et al. (pancreatography) and Wiersema et al. (cholangiography) in 1995 and 1996, respectively. Several reports on the application of ESBD for a therapeutic purpose have been published since 2001. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on November 6th, 2007