Altering Clinical Care with Cholangioscopy
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The SpyGlass Retrieval Basket can be used as an additional stone management solution to capture and remove residual biliary and pancreatic stones, as well as stone fragments visualized with the SpyGlass DS System.
Meaningful Innovation
The latest prospective* literature about the SpyGlassTM DS Direct Visualization System demonstrated:
- High diagnostic accuracy, ranging from 84% to 95%1
- High success rate of 82% to 93% for removing large or difficult stones1,2
†Compared to the first generation SpyGlass Direct Visualisation System
* 2017 prospective studies:
1. Laleman W1,2, Verraes K3, Van Steenbergen W3, Cassiman D3, Nevens F3, Van der Merwe S3, Verslype C3. Usefulness of the single-operator cholangioscopy system SpyGlass in biliary disease: a single-center prospective cohort study and aggregated review. Surg Endosc. 2017 May;31(5):2223-2232. doi: 10.1007/s00464-016-5221-2. Epub 2016 Sep 7.
2. Buxbaum J, Sahakian A, Ko C, Jayaram P, Lane C, Yu CY, Kankotia R, Laine L, Randomized trial of cholangioscopy-guided laser lithotripsy versus conventional therapy for large bile duct stones (with videos), Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2017), doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2017.08.021.
3. Pierre H. Deprez1, Rodrigo Garces Duran1, TomMoreels1, Gianluca Furneri2, Federica Demma2, Len Verbeke3, Schalk W. Van der Merwe3, WimLaleman3. The economic impact of using single-operator Cholangioscopy for the treatment of difficult bile duct stones and diagnosis of indeterminate bile duct strictures. Endoscopy 2017 Nov 24. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-121268.
Cholangioscopy Image Reference Guide
Learn more about the characteristics of various biliary and pancreatic diseases and conditions using the SpyGlass™ DS System, from views of normal ducts to benign and malignant conditions. You can also submit your own procedural images for consideration.
Driving Efficiency
The latest prospective* literature about the SpyGlassTM DS Direct Visualization System demonstrated a reduction of the number of procedures and associated costs when SpyGlass is used in the first diagnostic ERCP or during the first mechanical lithotripsy session3
†Compared to the first generation SpyGlass Direct Visualisation System
* 2017 prospective studies:
3. Pierre H. Deprez1, Rodrigo Garces Duran1, TomMoreels1, Gianluca Furneri2, Federica Demma2, Len Verbeke3, Schalk W. Van der Merwe3, WimLaleman3. The economic impact of using single-operator Cholangioscopy for the treatment of difficult bile duct stones and diagnosis of indeterminate bile duct strictures. Endoscopy 2017 Nov 24. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-121268.
Transforming Biliary Stone Management
While stones can be removed with standard ERCP techniques, approximately 10-15% are considered difficult and can be challenging to treat effectively.1 Electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL) is one option to remove these difficult biliary stones. The SpyGlass DS System is used in an increasing number of EHL procedures, further enabling an increased stone clearance success rate in a single session.1
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