Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 297-302 , August 2009

Intraductal balloon-guided direct peroral cholangioscopy with an ultraslim upper endoscope (with videos)

Received 30 August 2008 ,Accepted 5 November 2008.

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 DISCLOSURE: All authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication.

 Presented as part of a topic forum at American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Digestive Disease Week, May 20, 2008, San Diego, California (Gastrointest Endosc 2008;67:AB103).

 If you want to chat with an author of this article, you may contact him at jhmoon@schbc.ac.kr.

PII: S0016-5107(08)02899-X

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.11.019

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 297-302 , August 2009

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