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Inducing duodenal hypotonia by the intravenous injection of propantheline bromide is a simple, safe procedure that will permit this organ to be visualized adequately by endoscopy. Twenty-five consecutive patients with suspected duodenal pathology received an intravenous injection of propantheline at the time the pylorus was being viewed through the endoscope. Immediately after the injection, the pylorus dilated and the endoscope was passed easily into the duodenal bulb, where good visualization was achieved. A small bulb syringe attached to the air channel of the endoscope and gentle insufflation of air permitted good visualization of the second portion of duodenum. While the propantheline method is not necessary in all patients undergoing duodenoscopy, those in whom it is difficult to pass the endoscope through the pylorus or in whom antroduodenal motility precludes adequate examination, injection of the antispasmodic provides one easy, safe method for examining the duodenum by duodenoscopy.
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Collins, W.J., Martel, A.J., Cuartas, F.I. et al. Hypotonic duodenoscopy. Digest Dis Sci 17, 846–847 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02231158
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02231158