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==Indications==

Some indications for this procedure includes: drainage of bile/infected bile to relieve [[obstructive jaundice]], to place a stent to dilate a stricture in the biliary system, stone removal, and rendezvous technique<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Watson N, Jones H |title=Chapman and Nakielny's Guide to Radiological Procedures |date=2018 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=9780702071669 |pages=112}}</ref> where guidewire from the [[common bile duct]] (CBD) meets with duodenoscope (coming from the oesophagus into the stomach and then duodenum) at the [[major duodenal papilla]]. In the rendezvous technique, the guidewire is then pulled into duodenoscope and a small blade is slide over the guidewire into the CBD and perform surgeries on a specific bile duct in the biliary system.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ayala |first=Juan C. |last2=Labbe |first2=Ricardo |last3=Vera |first3=Juan E. |date=April 2008-04 |title=SHORT (SHOrt Rendezvous Technique): A New ERCP Rendezvous Technique |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016510708007682 |journal=Gastrointestinal Endoscopy |language=en |volume=67 |issue=5 |pages=AB159–AB160 |doi=10.1016/j.gie.2008.03.351}}</ref>

==Contraindications==