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Influence of Bile Duct Diameter on the Therapeutic Quality of Endoscopic Balloon Sphincteroplasty

DOI

15

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0

References

1999

Year

Akiyoshi Ohashi, Kiichi Tamada, Takahiro Tomiyama, Toshiyuki Aizawa, Shinichi Wada, T Miyata, Takashi Nishizono, S. Tano, Y Sato, Nobuhiro Ueno,
Endoscopy

Abstract

When EBS is done in patients with bile duct stones, bile duct diameter may be a good indicator of therapeutic efficacy. In patients with severely dilated bile ducts (> 15 mm), EBS is of limited effectiveness.