Evaluation of the safety of endoscopic radiofrequency ablation for malignant biliary stricture using a digital peroral cholangioscope (with videos).

Takeshi OguraSaori OndaTatsushi SanoWataru TakagiAtsushi OkudaAkira MiyanoNobu NishiokaMiyuki ImanishiMio AmanoDaisuke MasudaKazuhide Higuchi

Published in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2017)

RFA for malignant biliary stricture may be safe. To confirm the feasibility and efficacy of RFA, additional cases, prospective studies, and a comparison study between with and without endobiliary RFA are needed.

Keyphrases

radiofrequency ablation
endoscopic submucosal dissection
ultrasound guided