Researchers have found in a new study that previous ERCP is associated with greater operative difficulty during subsequent ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Acute pancreatitis occurred in 34.7% of patients who underwent ERCP with minor papillotomy and 43.8% of those ...
Every year, hundreds of thousands of patients undergo endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or ERCP, a procedure in ...
OAK BROOK, Ill. – April 28, 2009 – Pregnant women with gallstone disease may require immediate endoscopic intervention because of potentially life-threatening cholangitis (infection in the bile ducts) ...
J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008;23(3):344-347. There have been several efforts to develop an effective preventive strategy that will eliminate or reduce the risk or severity of post-ERCP pancreatitis.
Acute pancreatitis is the most feared complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) because it has the greatest potential for causing prolonged hospitalization, major morbidity ...
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows rectally administered indomethacin significantly reduced the incidence of pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde ...