On june 20, 2018, olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) received a literature titled ¿use of the conventional side-viewing duodenoscope for successful endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in post-gastrectomy patients¿.The literature reported that 220 procedures of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography were conducted using olympus duodenoscope (jf-260v or tjf-260v) between january 2009 and september 2014.In the subject procedures, 12 cases of complications reportedly occurred as follows; immediate bleeding : 2 cases, pancreatitis : 9 cases, perforation : 1 case.The literature concluded that the side-viewing duodenoscope is a useful instrument for performing successful endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in patients post-gastrectomy.Omsc is submitting medical device reports according to the number of complications.This is 8 of 12 reports.
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