The rendezvous technique involving insertion of a guidewire in a percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage tube for biliary access in a case of difficult biliary cannulation

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a diagnostic method and treatment approach for biliary diseases. However, biliary cannulation can be difficult in some cases. We performed ERCP in a 97-year-old woman with abdominal pain resulting from acute cholangitis caused by choledocholit...

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Published in:	Journal of Rural Medicine Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 46 - 49
Main Authors:	Sunada, Fumiko, Morimoto, Naoki, Tsukui, Mamiko, Kurata, Hidekazu
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Japan THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL MEDICINE 01-05-2017 The Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
Subjects:	Case Report difficult biliary cannulation endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage rendezvous technique endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage rendezvous technique difficult biliary cannulation
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