Background: The role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) as a therapeutic intervention for choledocholithiasis is long established. Endoscopic therapy involves stone extraction using conventional methods after performing biliary sphincterotomy. objective this study was to determine the outcome patients with being treated in our setup.Methods: This retrospective observationa...

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy the desired duct is essential in performing ERCP. Since (ASGE) Technology Committee provides reviews of existing, new, or emerging endoscopic technologies that have an impact on the practice of GI endoscopy. Evidence-based methodology is used, with a MEDLINE literature search to identify pertinent clinical studies on the topic, and a MAUDE (Fo...

The last two decades have seen a strong swing towards preservation of some of the sphincters of the alimentary tract, namely, the pyloric and anal sphincters, while at the same time there has been increasing "vandalism" of the sphincter at the distal end of the common bile duct. Endoscopic papillotomy, first introduced in 1974, is a very useful procedure in selected patients but too liberal use...

BACKGROUND Over the last few years, there has been increasing attention on surgical procedures to treat haemorrhoids. The Milligan-Morgan haemorrhoidectomy is still one of the most popular surgical treatments of haemorrhoids. The aim of the present work is to assess postoperative pain, together with other early and late complications, after Milligan-Morgan haemorrhoidectomy as we could observe ...

BACKGROUND Sphincter of Oddi manometry (SOM) is recommended in the evaluation of suspected Type II sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD2), though its utility is uncertain. Little is known about the practice of expert endoscopists in the United States regarding SOD2. METHODS An anonymous electronic survey was distributed to 128 expert biliary endoscopists identified from U.S. advanced endoscopy ...

AIM To describe endoscopic treatment of bile leaks in these patients and to identify risk factors in these patients which can predict the development of bile leaks. METHODS Retrospective case-control study examining consecutive patients who underwent partial hepatectomy for polycystic liver disease (PLD) and developed a postoperative bile leak managed endoscopically over a ten year period. Ea...

A 30-year-old man presented with a nine-months history of repetitive abdominal pain simulating dyspepsia. Nine months before presentation, a local physician saw him, and he performed upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for him, and was diagnosed as a case of mild gastritis with oral omeprazole, but without any benefit. So the patient was seen at another center and was evaluated by abdominal comput...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the visual outcome following cataract surgery with pupillary sphincterotomy in eyes with coexisting corneal opacity. METHODS Patients with leucomatous corneal opacity with significant cataract were enrolled for the study. The uncorrected visual acuity and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) were recorded and the anterior segment was thoroughly evaluated by a slit lamp b...

ing cholangioscopy using the reusable 0.77-mm SpyGlass fiberoptic probe (Boston Scientific, Massachusetts, USA) with two double-lumen endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) cannulae. The TandemXL cannula (Boston Scientific) is a 7-Fr double-lumen catheter with a 5.5-Fr tip (●" Fig. 1a), and the Swing-tip cannula (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) is a 9-Fr single-lumen catheter with a 4.5-F...