What is a SpyScope?

The small Spyglass scope (Spyscope) is an attachment to the larger endoscope used for ERCP. The Spyscope contains a lighted camera, an irrigation system to flush debris, and suction to clean out debris.

What is the SpyGlass procedure?

ERCP with Spyglass ™ Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a procedure that combines upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and x-rays to treat problems of the bile and pancreatic ducts. ERCP with Spyglass is an innovative system that provides unprecedented, direct visualization of all bile-duct quadrants.

What is direct visualization system?

The SpyGlass Direct Visualization System is a single-operator cholangioscope that is used by experienced, skilled physicians to either remove difficult bile duct and/or pancreatic duct stones or evaluate indeterminate strictures within the bile ducts or pancreatic duct.

Why is SpyGlass used?

The Spyglass lets your doctor see your biliary duct system, and difficult-to-reach tiny ducts in the pancreas, with a 6,000-pixel fiber-optic probe attached to a tiny camera. It’s a state-of-the-art add-on to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).

Does ERCP use a camera?

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a test that uses a combination of X-rays and an endoscope. An endoscope is a lighted flexible tube with an attached camera.

Where is a cholangiogram performed?

Cholangiography should be performed via the cystic duct before any structures are divided, as this can prevent the most serious complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy – common duct injury.

How do they do a cholangiography?

The doctor places a small tube called a catheter into the cystic duct, which drains bile from the gallbladder into the common bile duct. A dye that blocks X-rays is injected into the common bile duct, and then you will have X-rays taken.

Does your whole body go in for a brain MRI?

Does your whole body go into the machine for a brain MRI? In most cases, your whole body won’t go into the MRI machine tunnel if you’re only getting a head or brain MRI.