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Okuda's needle
Also known as:
Chiba needle
Chiba liver-biopsy needle
Okuda-Chiba liver-biopsy needle
Associated persons:
Kunio Okuda
Description:
Also known as the the Chiba needle, Chiba liver-biopsy needle, Okuda-Chiba liver-biopsy needle; or the. Synonym: Skinny needle. A thin-walled, highly flexible steel needle with an outside diameter of 0,7 mm and an inner diameter of 0.5 mm used to cannulate very small bile ducts to perform percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography.
Bibliography:
- K. Okuda:
Thin needle percutaneous transhepatic cholagiography – historical review ( editorial).
Endoscopy, 1980, 12: 2-7.
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