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Olympus Medical Systems Corporation

Hiroyuki Isayama

Yutaka Yanuma

Tomohiko Mamiya

A method of forming an access route to the bile duct includes: forming a tunnel extending from an oral ridge of a duodenal papilla, which is located on an oral side of a natural opening of a duodenal papilla, to the bile duct; and dilating a lumen of the tunnel more than when it was formed.

Method for forming access route to bile duct

In a method of forming an access route to the bile duct, a needle is introduced into a duodenum, and the introduced needle is pierced into an oral side projection of a duodenal papilla, which is located at an oral position than an opening of the duodenal papilla. The tip of the pierced needle is made to reach the inside of the bile duct to form a tunnel communicating the duodenum and the bile duct, and a treatment device is inserted into the formed tunnel.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Isayama