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Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic

"Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Incision of Oddi's sphincter or Vater's ampulla performed by inserting a sphincterotome through an endoscope (DUODENOSCOPE) often following retrograde cholangiography (CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE). Endoscopic treatment by sphincterotomy is the preferred method of treatment for patients with retained or recurrent bile duct stones post-cholecystectomy, and for poor-surgical-risk patients that have the gallbladder still present.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 14 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2013 and 2020 and 2022
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