Special catheters for E.R.C.P.
The authors present the advantages of a needle and a metallic tip catheters allowing better success in conventional E.R.C.P. and in the cannulation of the accessory papilla. They consider these catheters as strictly necessary in the material available in endoscopic centers where E.R.C.P. is performed in routine.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans