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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jul 16, 2017; 9(7): 304-309
Published online Jul 16, 2017. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v9.i7.304
Published online Jul 16, 2017. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v9.i7.304
Efficacy of a newly developed dilator for endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage
Yoshihide Kanno, Kei Ito, Shinsuke Koshita, Takahisa Ogawa, Kaori Masu, Yoshiharu Masaki, Yutaka Noda, Department of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Sendai, Miyagi 983-0824, Japan
Author contributions: Kanno Y desiged research and wrote the manuscript; Kanno Y, Ito K, Masu K and Masaki Y performed the research; Kanno Y, Koshita S, Ogawa T and Noda Y analyzed the data.
Institutional review board statement: Institutional review board approved this study.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.
Data sharing statement: The original anonymous dataset is available on request from the corresponding author at yoshi-hk@openhp.or.jp.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Yoshihide Kanno, Department of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 983-0824, Japan. yoshi-hk@openhp.or.jp
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Received: November 9, 2016
Peer-review started: November 9, 2016
First decision: December 27, 2016
Revised: March 6, 2017
Accepted: March 23, 2017
Article in press: March 24, 2017
Published online: July 16, 2017
Processing time: 238 Days and 12.7 Hours
Peer-review started: November 9, 2016
First decision: December 27, 2016
Revised: March 6, 2017
Accepted: March 23, 2017
Article in press: March 24, 2017
Published online: July 16, 2017
Processing time: 238 Days and 12.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: The newly developed dilator (ES Dilator®) was useful for shortening procedure time and would prevent adverse events related to bile leakage in endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy.