choledochoscopy

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noun

A diagnostic procedure where a small endoscope is inserted into the common bile duct to directly visualize its inside.

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Meanings

nouncholedochoscopy (plural choledochoscopies)

plural choledochoscopies

  1. medicineA diagnostic procedure where a small endoscope is inserted into the common bile duct to directly visualize its inside.

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

    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, volume 10, →DOI

Origin

From choledocho- + -scopy.

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