EUS-guided hybrid rendezvous technique as salvage for standard rendezvous with intra-hepatic bile duct approach.

EUS-guided rendezvous technique (EUS-RV) is an effective salvage technique for failed biliary cannulation during ERCP. However, it is still difficult to achieve cannulation in some cases, especially using the intrahepatic bile duct (IHBD) approach, which requires complicated guidewire manipulation....

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Main Authors: Takuji Iwashita, Shinya Uemura, Kensaku Yoshida, Naoki Mita, Ryuichi Tezuka, Ichiro Yasuda, Masahito Shimizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6104992?pdf=render