Once the stent expands, an attempt to pass a side-viewing scope can be made to perform ERCP. Type II strictures are technically the most challenging due to difficulty in identification of the papilla.

refinement of endoscopic methods, search for an effective pharmacological agent for prophylaxis, and prophylactic placement of a pancreatic duct stent in high-risk patients. A proper understanding ...

Others devices such as intravascular ultrasound are no longer used routinely. Stent use has grown exponentially, however, initially because operators perceived that angioplasty with adjunctive ...

Its clinical characteristics vary in different patients. The current findings on clinical and radiological presentation, pathophysiology, incidence, and risk factors are based predominantly on carotid ...