Olympus reviewed the following literature article: "factors affecting the yield of endoscopic transpapillary bile duct biopsy for the diagnosis of pancreatic head cancer" by hirokazu kimura, et al.
The study was aimed to identify factors associated with a positive outcome using transpapillary biliary biopsy (tbb) for pancreatic head cancer (phc).
Total 130 cases that underwent tbb for investigation of distal biliary stricture were included [62 cases of phc, 36 cases of distal biliary cancer (dbc), and 32 cases of benign biliary stricture (bbs)], and the factors affecting the diagnostic efficiency of tbb were determined using univariate and multivariate logistic analyses.
The study reported that endoscopic biliary forceps biopsy showed a carcinoma component in 31 (50%) of 62 phc cases, 33 (91.
7%) of 36 dbc cases, and none of the bpm cases.
The cancer-positive rate for dbc was significantly higher than that for phc (p < 0.
01).
No complications other than three (one case (1.
61%) of 62 phc and two cases (5.
56%) of 36 dbc) cases of post-ercp pancreatitis were reported.
The study concluded with the suggestion that phc with a high level of serum bilirubin (>10 mg/dl) and a high circumferential proportion of bile duct invasion (>2/3 judging by mdct) was a good indication for biliary biopsy.
post-ercp pancreatitis - (3) : mild and improved in 2 days.
the authors reported use of multiple olympus devices and did not specify which device may have contributed to the mild pancreatitis.
Therefore, all devices will be reported.
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