Role of peroral cholangioscopy and pancreatoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of biliary and pancreatic disease: past, present, and future
Peroral cholangiopancreatoscopy was described as early as the 1950s. However, the small caliber of these ducts and the technological limitations in developing slender, maneuverable, high-definition scopes posed a challenge. Peroral cholangiopancreatoscopy has now rapidly evolved. What began as dual-...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Gastroenterology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgstr.2023.1201045/full |