An unusual complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

Case series of papillectomy by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

Ampullary neoplasms are one of the causes of obstructive jaundice. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is useful procedure for diagnosing and tissue sampling of ampullary neoplasms. Ampullectomy by resecting entire ampulla provides whole lesion for pathologic evaluation and also is appropriate for real pathologic staging for further management decision but ampullectomy conside...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP): core curriculum.

Jennifer Jorgensen, MD, Nisa Kubiliun, MD, Joanna K. Law, MD, Mohammad A. Al-Haddad, MD, FASGE, Juliane Bingener-Casey, MD, PhD, Jennifer A. Christie, MD, Raquel E. Davila, MD, FASGE, Richard S. Kwon, MD, Keith L. Obstein, MD, MPH, Waqar A. Qureshi, MD, FASGE, Robert E. Sedlack, MD, MHPE, Mihir S. Wagh, MD, FASGE, Daniel Zanchetti, MD, Walter J. Coyle, MD, FASGE, previous Committee Chair, Jonat...

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Related Acute Pancreatitis

Meta-analysis of antibiotic prophylaxis in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Considerable controversy exists regarding the role of antibiotic prophylaxis prior to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), in that various studies of antibiotic prophylaxis have reached conflicting conclusions. The aim of this meta-analysis is to synthesize the data in order to determine whether antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the rate of occurrence of...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)-related esophageal perforation in osteogenesis imperfecta.

A 77-year-old woman with osteogenesis imperfecta was admitted with symptomatic choledocholithiasis. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was carried out and mild resistance was encountered in the distal esophagus with “red out” during intubation. The duodenoscope was withdrawn and gastroscopy revealed a tear in the distal esophagus (●" Fig.1). As a perforation was suspected, a ...