Indeterminate biliary strictures pose a significant diagnostic dilemma for gastroenterologists.Despite advances in endoscopic techniques and instruments,it is difficult to differentiate between benign and malignant pa...
Peroral cholangioscopy(POC)is an endoscopic procedure that allows direct intraductal visualization of the biliary tract.POC has emerged as a vital tool for indeterminate biliary stricture evaluation and treatment of d...
Choledochoscopy,or cholangioscopy,is an endoscopic procedure for direct visualization within the biliary tract for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.Since its conception in 1879,many variations and improvements are m...
Endoscopic evaluation of indeterminate biliary stric-tures(IDBSs) has evolved considerably since the development of flexible fiberoptic endoscopes over 50 years ago. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography pancreatograp...
Supported by NIH/NIDDK R21DK095186-01A1,Nos.3U54 CA091408–09S1,U54RR026140/U54MD007593,and UL1 RR024975;Research Foundation,American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons,Limited Project Grant(LPG-086)
Patients with indeterminate colitis(IC) are significantly younger at diagnosis with onset of symptoms before the age of 18 years with significant morbidity in the interim. The successful care of IC is based on microsc...
The introduction of wireless capsule endoscopy in 2000 has revolutionized our ability to visualize parts of the small bowel mucosa classically unreached by the conventional endoscope, and since the recent introduction...
Peroral cholangioscopy(POC) is an important tool for the management of a selected group of biliary diseases. Because of its direct visualization, POC allows targeted diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. POC can be p...
Biliary strictures present a diagnostic challenge and a conundrum, particularly when an initial work up including abdominal imaging and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography based sampling are nondiagnostic. ...