Therapeutic biliary endoscopy.
An analysis of the recent medical literature on therapeutic biliary endoscopy shows continuing developments in technique, as well as an effort to obtain objective data on the long-term outcomes with different clinical applications. There are still too few studies analyzing costs, and these should be encouraged in the immediate future.
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Dept. of Surgery, Catholic University, Rome, Italy. rome99secret@uni.net
D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures; D004724:Endoscopy; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents