Abstract Background: Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) plus UDCA (C&U), and terpene are widely administered to prevent common bile…
Abstract The use of endobiliary radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to generate a benign biliary stricture (BBS) model has a significant reproducibility…
Abstract Purpose: Repeating endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with recurrent common bile duct (CBD) stones is problematic in many…
Abstract Background/Aims: Treatment for cholangitis without common bile duct (CBD) stones has not been established in patients with gallstones. We…
Abstract Background/Aims: Various anatomical features of the biliary tree affect ability to remove difficult common bile duct (CBD) stones. In…
Abstract Background/Aims: Endoscopic papillary balloon dilation (EPBD) has been advocated as an alternative therapy to endoscopic sphincterotomy for the treatment…
Abstract Background/Aims: Endoscopic sphincterotomy may be limited in Billroth II gastrectomy because of difficulty in orientating the duodenoscope and sphincterotome…