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Intestinal propulsive action of oxetoron
In a double blind placebo controlled study of 40 patients, oxetoron was shown significantly to shorten the time required for movement of a small intestinal biopsy capsule up to the angle of Treitz.
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Endoscopic screening for malignancy in the gastric remnant
Out of 2 790 patients who had partial gastrectomy for a benign condition more than 15 years before, 960 patients had died, 30 of whom because of a stump carcinoma (incidence 3.1%), 535 patients were examined b...
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Article
A new instrument for cleaning and disinfection of fiberendoscopes
A recently developed instrument for cleaning and disinfection of fiberendoscopes, which sterilizes all tiny channels is described. Regular microbiological surveys have shown this machine to be effective in acc...
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Chapter
Colonoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Colonoscopy is an established procedure in the evaluation of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The combination of direct inspection of the mucosa and the capability of taking multiple biopsies un...
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Endoscopical removal of an antireflux prosthesis
The authors report a rare complication of antireflux prosthesis: the migration of the C-shaped device in the stomach. Endoscopic removal was performed successfully with a polypectomy snare.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Techniques of Endoscopic Bile Drainage
Since the first description of a method to insert a biliary endoprosthesis through a fiberendoscope (Soehendra and Reynders-Frederix 1979) a rapid development of various endoprostheses and techniques of introd...
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Treatment of solitary rectal ulcer syndrome with high-fiber diet and abstention of straining at defecation
Twenty-one patients with a solitary ulcer of the rectum were treated with instructions for a high-fiber diet and abstention of straining at defecation, since there is evidence that the solitary ulcer syndrome ...
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Therapeutic investigations in primary sclerosing cholangitis
There is no consensus about the necessity and the possibility of therapy in primary sclerosing cholangitis. In some patients rapid deterioration of liver function may occur due to recurrent cholangitis and cho...
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Article
Upper intestinal and biliary tract endoprosthesis
The endoscopic insertion of an endoprosthesis is now a standard, procedure in the ultimate palliation of malignant obstructing upper gastrointestinal and biliary malignancy. The commercially available prosthes...
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Article
La sphinctérotomie endoscopique - revue générale
Plusieurs facteurs doivent être pris en considération dans le choix du traitement chirurgical ou endoscopique, en vue d’obtenir la libération de la voie biliaire principale. Ils ont été résumés de façon très a...
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Carcinoma of the ampulla of vater
Endoscopically placed biliary endoprostheses were used to treat obstructive jaundice in 71 patients with ampullary carcinoma. Successful placement of an endoprosthesis was achieved in 68 patients (95.8%). Bili...
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Article
Endoscopic palliation of jaundice in gallbladder cancer
Endoscopically placed biliary endoprostheses were used to treat obstructive jaundice in 64 patients with advanced or recurrent gallbladder carcinoma. Successful placement of an endoprosthesis was achieved in 5...
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Surveillance à long terme apr ès premi ère mise en place endoscopique d’une proth èse m ètallique expansible
Afin de rem édier au probl ème de I’obstruction des endoproth èses biliaires, des proth èses métalliques expansibles ont ét é mises au point. La proth èse m étallique — Wallstenttm est auto-expansible ; son diame...
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Article
Wirsungographie, cholangiopancréatographie rétrograde endoscopique
La CPRE a atteint son degré de maturité chez l’enfant. Dans l’évolution de la cholostase chez l’enfant, la CPRE apporte une contribution positive au diagnostic. Dans le pancréas divisum, la pancréatite inexpli...
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AIDS-related manifestations of the bile duct system: A common finding?
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Chapter
Guidelines for designing an endoscopy unit (Report of the Dutch Society of Hepatogastroenterology)
In many hospitals endoscopy was first introduced by performing gastroscopies in an all-purpose, empty room. The rapid development of endoscopy with all its diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities gave rise to...
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Chapter
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Duodenoscopy and endoscopic cannulation of the papilla of Vater with visualization of the biliary tree and pancreatic duct was first described in 19681. The procedure soon spread worldwide, generating enthusiasti...
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Chapter
Endoscopic stenting of the biliary tract and pancreatic duct
The introduction of endoscopic transpapillary stenting in 1980 marked the beginning of a new approach to the treatment of biliary and pancreatic disease1. Initially employed as a palliative measure for a patie...
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Chapter
Endoscopic sphincterotomy and stone extraction
Since its first description over 20 years ago1, endoscopic sphincterotomy with subsequent extraction of gallstones from the common bile duct (CBD) has become one of the cornerstones of therapeutic endoscopy. Rece...
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis
