doi: 10.3897/folmed.65.e84828.
Cholangioscopy-guided lithotripsy in the treatment of difficult bile ducts stones - Bulgarian and Egyptian experience
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- DOI: 10.3897/folmed.65.e84828
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Cholangioscopy-guided lithotripsy in the treatment of difficult bile ducts stones - Bulgarian and Egyptian experience
Folia Med (Plovdiv).
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Abstract
Introduction: Up to 10% of bile duct stones are deemed 'difficult' because they cannot be extracted using standard endoscopic techniques. In these situations, cholangioscopy allows for stone fragmentation under direct visual control.
Keywords: cholangioscopy difficult stones digital single-operator cholangioscopy ERCP lithotripsy SpyGlass.
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