ʻO ka wehewehe pōkole:

ʻO ka choledochoscope lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻohana ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā i hoʻohana ʻia no ka nānā ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i nā ducts bile i loko o ke kino. He endoscope maʻalahi a lohi ia i hoʻokomo ʻia ma ka waha a i ʻole ka ihu a alakaʻi ʻia i loko o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi e kiʻi a ʻike i nā ʻawa bile. ʻIke ʻia kēia kaʻina hana ʻo endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Hoʻouna ka choledochoscope i nā kiʻi kiʻekiʻe loa a hiki i nā loiloi diagnostic a i ʻole nā ​​hana lapaʻau, e like me ka wehe ʻana i nā gallstones a i ʻole ke kau ʻana i nā stents e hoʻokuʻu i nā poloka i loko o nā auwai bile. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona hoʻolele o kēia choledochoscope ʻo ia ka mea i manaʻo ʻia no ka hoʻohana hoʻokahi e hōʻoia i ka palekana o ka maʻi a pale i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana.