What does cholangioscopy involve?
Cholangioscopy involves using an endoscope, which is a flexible tube, to enable the doctor to see the interior of the bile ducts. It is utilized for the treatment of medical conditions associated with each other, like the extraction of bile duct stones.
Cholangiopancreatoscopy is the term used when the visualization of the pancreas is combined. If other imaging methods are not enough for a clear diagnosis, or if direct visualization is necessary for treatment, your doctor might decide to do a cholangioscopy.
Furthermore, cholangioscopy will enable your doctor to view and inspect not only the bile ducts, but also the hepatic and pancreatic ducts.
What does SpyGlass cholangioscopy entail?
SpyGlass cholangioscopy is a newly created method for viewing the bile ducts. With a small camera attached to a 6,000-pixel, fiber-optic probe, your doctor can visualize your biliary duct system and small ducts in the pancreas that are hard to access.
The process can be carried out by just one physician or endoscopist. Unlike the SpyGlass system, the endoscopes previously used were both delicate and challenging to operate. The updated models of the SpyScope (the endoscope utilized in SpyGlass cholangioscopy) offer improved and simplified visualization.
What is the purpose of SpyGlass cholangioscopy?
SpyGlass cholangioscopy can be performed for diagnosing and treating different issues in the bile ducts, liver, and pancreas, such as:
Taking a tissue sample from ducts with uncertain narrowing.
Removal of a malignant narrowing.
Detecting tumors in the bile ducts.
Accurate preoperative identification of tumors in the bile or pancreatic ducts.
Assessment and diagnosis of biliary complications following a transplant.
Assessment of particular infections.
Hemobilia refers to bleeding in or from the biliary tract.
Managing biliary or pancreatic duct cancers.
Removal or breakdown of gallstones.
Chronic pancreatitis diagnosis.
Removal of pancreatic stones.
Evaluation of tumors in the pancreatic duct.
Possible involvement in autoimmune inflammation of the pancreas.
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