Role of Image-Enhanced Endoscopy in Pancreatobiliary Diseases.

Role of Image-Enhanced Endoscopy in Pancreatobiliary Diseases.
Clin Endosc. 2018 Nov;51(6):541-546
Authors: Lee YN, Moon JH, Choi HJ
Abstract
Recent advances in cholangiopancreatoscopy technology permit image-enhanced endoscopy (IEE) for pancreatobiliary diseases. There are limitations in endoscopy performance and in the study of the clinical role of IEE in bile duct or pancreatic duct diseases. However, currently available IEEs during cholangiopancreatoscopy including traditional dye-aided chromoendoscopy, autofluorescence imaging, narrow-band imaging, and i-Scan have been evaluated and reported previously. Although the clinical role of IEE in pancreatobiliary diseases should be verified in future studies, IEE is a useful promising tool in the evaluation of bile duct or pancreatic duct mucosal lesions.
PMID: 30508879 [PubMed]

Source: Clinical Endoscopy - December 9, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Clin Endosc Source Type: research