Cholangioscopy Archive

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SpyGlass™ DS System: Case Studies & Literature Review, by Benedict Devereaux, MD

Dr. Devereaux presents several case reports reporting on the key indications for cholangioscopy and how its use impacted patient care, procedural success and costs. In Part 2, he presents some of the recent clinical data being reported on cholangioscopy.

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SpyGlass™ DS System: Overview and Clinical Impact, by Horst Neuhaus, MD

Prof. Neuhaus presents very early clinical data and case studies using the SpyGlass DS System at a symposium held during DDW 2015.

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Why EUS-Guided Liver Biopsy?

See the many reasons to consider EUS-guided liver biopsy including safety and patient experience.

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Utility of Side-by-Side 6Fr Biliary Metal Stent Placement for a Malignant Biliary Obstruction, Meir Mizrahi, MD

A 53-year-old male was referred for recurrent biliary obstruction. His medical history included colon cancer, diagnosed in 2014, with hepatic and mediastinal metastases despite chemotherapy.

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Using RFA for Successful Decompression of a Bile Duct Stricture Secondary to Cholangiocarcinoma, Paul R. Tarnasky, MD

Patient History The patient was a 75 year old woman diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma in the CBD 1-1/2 years prior.

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Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy for Large Common Bile Duct Stones, by Douglas G. Adler, MD

A 68-year-old male developed obstructive jaundice due to a tightly impacted stone in the common bile duct. Electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL) is performed with a probe through a cholangioscope to fracture the stone.

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Successful Use of the SpyGlass™ DS System in Treating Mirizzi Syndrome, by Vladimir Kushnir, MD

A 57-year-old man presented to a referring hospital with right upper quadrant pain, fever and elevated liver chemistries.

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Diagnosing and Treating Type II Mirizzi Syndrome using the SpyGlass™ DS System, by John T. Cunningham, MD

A 72-year-old-female presented with post-laparoscopic cholecystectomy and underwent 2 failed ERCPs to remove a large biliary stone. A 10fr stent was placed and she returned 2 months later for an ERCP using cholangioscopy with EHL lithotripsy.

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Managing a Difficult Cystic Duct Stone using Cholangioscopy with EHL, by George Webster, MD

A 58-year-old patient underwent 2 failed ERCP procedures in an attempt to remove an obstructing 8mm stone. The patient was then referred for an ERCP with cholangioscopy using the SpyGlass™ DS System.

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Assessing a Bile Duct Stricture Using the SpyGlass DS System, by Sri Komanduri, MD

Cholangioscopy is used to assess an indeterminant bile duct stricture. Targeted biopsies demonstrate infiltrating carcinoma suggestive of gallbladder origin.

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Assessment of Preoperative Margins in Setting of Gallbladder Carcinoma, by Neil R. Sharma, MD, and Kevin Lowe, MD

In this case, Dr. Sharma and Dr. Lowe use the SpyGlass™ DS System to evaluate local invasion of gallbladder cancer into the cystic duct stump and the common bile duct.

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Cholangioscopy with Direct Visualization May Enable Accurate Diagnosis of an Early Stage Cholangiocarcinoma by Dr. Simon Hew, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria, Australia

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Using Cholangioscopy to Provide a Diagnosis of Benign Hepatobiliary Cystadenoma Presented by Abhijit Kulkarni M.D. FASGE

A 68-year-old Caucasian female with a past medical history of cholelithiasis presented to us with right upper quadrant pain and intermittent dark urine. A CT scan showed a thin walled cystic lesion encompassing almost the entire caudate ...