Early ‘shallow’ needle-knife papillotomy and guidewire cannulation: an effective and safe approach to difficult papilla
Introduction: Needle-knife sphincterotomy (NKS), known as ‘precut’, is used worldwide to facilitate access to the common bile duct when standard cannulation has failed. This procedure is considered hazardous because it is burdened with high procedural related complications (bleeding and perforation)...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1756283X15576466 |