choledochoscopy
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Introduction
Endoscopy of the common bile duct
Indications
- common bile duct exploration for biliary stone
Procedure
- introduced intraoperatively through the cystic duct or directly into the common bile duct
- inserted transhepatically through a T-tube tract
- inseted orally using a therapeutic duodenoscope
More general terms
References
- ↑ Wood T, MacFadyen BV Jr Diagnostic and Therapeutic Choledochoscopy. Surgical Innovation. Dec 2, 2000 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/155335060000700408
- ↑ Korontzi MI, Karaliotas C, Sgourakis G et al Choledochoscopy as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool for common bile duct stones. Hellenic J Surg (2012) 84: 347 Not indexed in PubMed https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13126-012-0051-8