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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Feb 16, 2017; 9(2): 77-84
Published online Feb 16, 2017. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v9.i2.77
Clinical utility of 0.025-inch guidewire VisiGlide2TM in the endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-related procedures
Yuji Sakai, Toshio Tsuyuguchi, Nobuto Hirata, So Nakaji, Kenji Shimura, Takao Nishikawa, Tatsuya Fujimoto, Tetsuya Hamano, Takayoshi Nishino, Osamu Yokosuka
Yuji Sakai, Toshio Tsuyuguchi, Osamu Yokosuka, Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Nobuto Hirata, So Nakaji, Department of Gastroenterology, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Kenji Shimura, Takao Nishikawa, Department of Gastroenterology, Asahi Central Hospital, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Tatsuya Fujimoto, Department of Gastroenterology, Kimitsu Central Hospital, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Tetsuya Hamano, Takayoshi Nishino, Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Author contributions: Sakai Y, Tsuyuguchi T and Yokosuka O were responsible for study design and manuscript preparation; Sakai Y wrote the paper; Hirata N, Nakaji S, Shimura K, Nishikawa T, Fujimoto T, Hamano T and Nishino T were responsible for data collection.
Institutional review board statement: This study was conducted under our ethical committee.
Informed consent statement: All the treatment procedures were performed after obtaing the informed consent in writing from the patients.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no other disclosures.
Data sharing statement: I share data in the group of us.
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Correspondence to: Yuji Sakai, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana 1-8-1, Chuou-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan. sakai4754@yahoo.co.jp
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Received: July 13, 2016
Peer-review started: July 18, 2016
First decision: September 7, 2016
Revised: September 23, 2016
Accepted: November 1, 2016
Article in press: November 2, 2016
Published online: February 16, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: When 0.025-inch guidewire (GW) VisiGlide2TM was used for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-related procedure as the first choice, it showed high accomplishment rate of procedure and low incidence of accidental symptoms, suggesting it can be used as the universal GW.