Common bile duct stones: if you can’t sweep them, vacuum them!
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Common bile duct stones: if you can't sweep them, vacuum them!
Stone extraction from markedly dilated extrahepatic bile ducts can be challenging because of difficulty in achieving effective balloon apposition with the ductal wall. Studies examining stone extraction strategies in such cases are lacking. We describe this scenario in three patients and report a novel technique to overcome this technical difficulty. Patient #1 was a 64-year-old womanwith right...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endoscopy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0013-726X,1438-8812
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1391498