AUGUST 13, 2024

Single-Use Scopes Continue to Show Good Outcomes in Multinational Study

Single-use duodenoscopes were associated with good endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography outcomes and were rated highly by endoscopists with a range of experience levels in a new analysis.

“The current study supports the safe and effective performance of the first single-use duodenoscope among endoscopists with varying levels of experience in multiple countries,” the investigators wrote in the study published in Endoscopy (2023;55[12]:1103-1114).

The study included 551