Therapeutic biliary endoscopy.
Some steps of progress have been seen in the area of biliary therapeutic endoscopy, in the understanding and management of primary sclerosing cholangitis, problems relating to liver transplantation, malignant biliary strictures, and complications after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, as well as sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. These topics are reviewed here.
Fogel
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EL
Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
McHenry
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L
Sherman
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S
Watkins
J L
JL
Lehman
G A
GA
D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000009:adverse effects; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery