The only system in Bulgaria and the Balkans for bloodless precision diagnostics of the pancreatic and biliary tracts has recently been available to the Interventional Gastroenterology Department at Tokuda
Unique SpyGlass DS technology enables gentle biopsies and precise diagnostics.
The first successful procedures are already a fact. The system is called SpyGlass DS. The name translates as small telescope, i.e. it is a device that increases access and possibilities for non-invasive procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the upper digestive tract.
"SpyGlass is equipment for cholangioscopy and pancreatoscopy - methods for direct endoscopic view of the bile ducts and pancreatic duct - says Dr. Petko Karagyozov, Head of the Department of Interventional Gastroenterology at Tokuda. "Behind these terms are a number of high-tech patient-friendly examinations and therapeutic procedures. The system allows us to diagnose obscure strictures much more accurately, as well as tumour processes of the pancreatic and bile ducts by means of biopsies. In this way, we can quickly clarify very complex cases and the need for surgical treatment" - explains the specialist the advantages.
In addition to precise preoperative evaluation of the pancreatic duct and biliary tree, SpyGlass DS applications also include laser lithotripsy of large bile duct stones, removal of intrahepatic bile duct stones, and more.
The new equipment is extremely valuable for difficult-to-diagnose patients, who are often the focus of gastroenterologists, abdominal surgeons and imaging specialists. One of the most complex surgeries in medicine, that of the pancreas, will be facilitated with such a system by the most precise and non-invasive video diagnostics. SpyGlass completes and upgrades the so-called ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) of the bile ducts and pancreatic duct. Thus, the Interventional Gastroenterology Department at Tokuda is able to perform the full range of examinations and procedures of the gastrointestinal system.
