papillotome
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Noun[edit]
papillotome (plural papillotomes)
- (surgery) An instrument used to make incisions into a papilla
- 2015 August 9, Birol Baysal et al., “A Novel Round Insulated Tip Papillotome as an Alternative to the Classic Needle-Knife for Precut Sphincterotomy in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography”, in Gastroenterology Research and Practice[1], volume 2015, :
- Round insulated tip papillotome was not shown to be superior to NKS in terms of successful cannulation and post-ERCP complications.