Analysis of the factors involved in procedural failure: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography using a short-type single-balloon enteroscope for patients with surgically altered gastrointestinal anatomy.
Yuki TanisakaShomei RyozawaMasafumi MizuideMaiko HaradaAkashi FujitaTomoya OgawaKouichi NonakaTomoaki TashimaRyuichiro ArakiPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2019)
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography using a short SBE is safe and effective, with malignant biliary obstruction being a specific cause of failure. Technical proficiency with different modalities, such as PTBD and EUS-BD, is necessary to respond to failure in these cases.