Adriana Margarita Rey Rubiano, Laura Yuriko González-Teshima, Lázaro Arango, Camilo Blanco-Avellaneda, Jhon Jaime Carvajal Gutiérrez, Rodrigo Castaño-Llano, Martin Alonso Gómez Zuleta, Carlos González, Arecio Peñaloza-Ramírez, Raúl Pinilla Morales, Renzo Pinto Carta, Héctor Adolfo Polanía Liscano, Reinaldo Andrés Rincón Sánchez, Mauricio Sepúlveda Copete, Rómulo Vargas-Rubio, Camilo Andrés Avendaño Capriles, Andrés Mauricio García-Sierra, Juan José Yepes-Nuñez
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Single-operator cholangioscopy (SOC) offer a diagnostic and therapeutic alternative with an improved optical resolution over conventional techniques; however, there are no standardized clinical practice guidelines for this technology. This evidence-based guideline from the Colombian Association of Digestive Endoscopy (ACED) intends to support patients, clinicians, and others in decisions about using in adults the SOC compared to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), to diagnose indeterminate biliary stricture and to manage difficult biliary stones...
December 26, 2023: Surgical Endoscopy