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Acute Cholangitis
New acute cholangitis data have been reported by T. Itoi and co-authors
August 26th, 2008
According to a study from Tokyo, Japan, "Endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (NBD) for the treatment of acute cholangitis is an accepted method. A recently developed ultrathin transnasal videoendoscope is minimally invasive, even for patients who are critically ill." "To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of 1-step NBD by transnasal videoencloscopy (TNE). Prospective case study. This study was performed at Tokyo Medical University Hospital. Twenty patients with acute cholangitis who had previously undergone an endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES); including 10 with bile-duct stones, 8 with pancreatic cancers, 1 with chronic pancreatitis, and 1 with benign biliary...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-08-26)
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