Successful endoscopic removal of a retained guidewire in the intrahepatic bile duct using a novel tapered sheath dilator

• Rintaro Fukuda, MD,
• Naminatsu Takahara, MD, PhD,
• Yousuke Nakai, MD, PhD,
• Tatsuya Sato, MD, PhD,
• Ryunosuke Hakuta, MD, PhD,
• Tomotaka Saito, MD, PhD,
• Tsuyoshi Hamada, MD, MPH, PhD,
• Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Rintaro Fukuda, MD

Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Naminatsu Takahara, MD, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yousuke Nakai, MD, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Endoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tatsuya Sato, MD, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Ryunosuke Hakuta, MD, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tomotaka Saito, MD, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tsuyoshi Hamada, MD, MPH, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Medicine, The Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, MD, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan