Management of biliary diseases after the failure of initial needle knife precut sphincterotomy for biliary cannulation

Abstract Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is not always successful even with needle knife precut sphincterotomy (NKPS). How to manage these patients with initial NKPS failure has not been well studied. We report the outcomes of patients who received endoscopic and non-endoscopic rescue...

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Main Authors: Min-Hao Lo, Cheng-Hui Lin, Chi-Huan Wu, Yung-Kuan Tsou, Mu-Hsien Lee, Kai-Feng Sung, Nai-Jen Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94361-8