Usefulness of Endoscopic Transpapillary Tissue Sampling for Malignant Biliary Strictures and Predictive Factors of Diagnostic Accuracy

• Main Authors: Hiroki Tanaka (Author), Shimpei Matsusaki (Author), Youichirou Baba (Author), Yoshiaki Isono (Author), Tomohiro Sase (Author), Hiroshi Okano (Author), Tomonori Saito (Author), Katsumi Mukai (Author), Tetsuya Murata (Author), Hiroki Taoka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between malignant and benign biliary strictures using imaging studies alone, and pathological diagnosis is necessary. The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of endoscopic transpapillary tissue sampling and factors predictive of...