choledochoscopy

English

Etymology

choledocho- +‎ -scopy

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Noun

choledochoscopy (plural choledochoscopies)

1. (surgery) endoscopy of the common bile duct
   • 2015 August 5, Xu-Hua Duan et al., “Intraductal Radiofrequency Ablation Followed by Locoregional Tumor Treatments for Treating Occluded Biliary Stents in Non-Resectable Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Single-Institution Experience”, in PLoS ONE‎^[1], volume 10, →DOI:

     Two weeks after the procedure, choledochoscopy indicated that RFA was able to induce some destruction of local tumor tissue.

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• choledochoscope