The phrase "accessory channel" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to electronics, telecommunications, or fashion, referring to a supplementary or additional pathway or component.
Example: "The new smartphone model features an accessory channel for connecting various peripherals."
Alternatives: "auxiliary channel" or "supplementary channel".
Methods: A 2.6-mm diameter OCT catheter delivered through the accessory channel of a duodenoscope was used to acquire images of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts in 5 patients.
Biliary access at ERCP rendezvous is usually achieved by withdrawing a wire passed antegrade via the accessory channel of the duodenoscope, which is then used for over-the-wire cannulation.
The Pelican multibite forceps is equipped with a sleeve for tissue retention that allows up to 6 specimens to be obtained with each pass of the device through the accessory channel.
One recommended non-pharmacological measure reduces microaspirations by using an endotracheal tube with an accessory channel that allows subglottic secretions accumulated above the endotracheal cuff to be removed.
All patients included in the study were intubated with tracheal tubes with an accessory channel for subglottic aspiration (Mallinckrodt™ TaperGuard™ Evac; Covidien Healthcare; Mansfield, MA, USA).
The size of the endotracheal tube in our study was not identified as a risk factor for upper airway obstruction despite the fact that the accessory channel for subglottic aspiration increases the external diameter in these tubes.
Features of the 18-mm devices include multidirectional mid body and/or tip angulation, two 5.5-mm accessory channels allowing the use of large (5-mm) flexible endosurgical instruments, as well as a 4-mm channel for an ultraslim prototype video endoscope (Pentax 4 mm).
The endoscope has two accessory channels of 2.2 mm and 0.85 mm diameter.
A therapeutic gastroscope with two accessory channels (GIF-2 T240; Olympus Medical Systems Co., Tokyo, Japan) was inserted into the stomach via an overtube (OverTube™ Endoscopic Access System; Apollo Endosurgery Inc .. First, the stomach was carefully lavaged with water.
Control experiments confirmed that mRNA levels for the pore-forming α1C and accessory β3 channel subunits, voltage dependence of channel opening, and steady-state inactivation parameters were similar in both genotypes.
Null mutations in the DEG/ENaC gene mec-4 and in the accessory ion channel subunit genes mec-2 and mec-6 eliminated MRCs.
