Background: Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography (ERCP) is the commonest method for treatment of biliary stones. In our study we compared 2 groups of patients managed with laparoscopic cholecystectomy post ERCP after maximum of 72 hours during same admission and after 28 days. Patients and Methods: The study conducted from January 2012 to January 2015 and included 86 patients; Group ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is nowadays a valuable method for detailed diagnostic evaluation and minimally invasive therapy for biliary and pancreatic diseases in pediatric population. The technique of ERCP is no more difficult in children than in adults, and except infants, there is no need for use a special pediatric endoscope. In children ERCP is usually performed w...

OBJECTIVES To explore whether there is a difference in the frequency of postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis in patients with manometrically confirmed sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) types I, II, and III. METHODS A retrospective review of all of the patients who underwent an ERCP with SOD type I or patients with manometrically confirmed SOD type II or typ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS  Perforation is one of the worst complications of therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). We aimed to study the epidemiology of ERCP related perforation and the impact of completion of intended procedure on the outcome of this complication. METHODS  ERCP records from January 2007 to April 2012 were independently evaluated by two investigators for...

BACKGROUND A preliminary study has shown increased pancreatic fat in patients with idiopathic pancreatitis and sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. In this study, we aimed to determine if an increased quantity of pancreatic fat is an independent risk factor for pancreatitis post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). METHODS In this case control study, we retrospectively reviewed a ...

Background. Decompression interventions under the endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is method of choice in malignant extrahepatic biliary obstruction (MEHBO). Acute pancreatitis most common complication ERCP. Many studies have been performed to identify risk factors for post-ERCP (PEP). However, these works general include analysis ERCP patients with various causes without s...

Selective biliary cannulation during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is required to perform all therapeutic biliary procedures. Despite major advances in imaging, guidewires and sphincterotome catheter designs, the success rate for biliary cannulation by experienced endoscopists during ERCP is approximately 85% when standard cannulation techniques are applied. Precut sphin...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has become the mainstay of therapy for pancreatobiliary diseases. While ERCP is safe and highly effective in the general population, the procedure remains challenging or impossible in patients with surgically altered anatomy (SAA). Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) allows transmural access to the bile or pancreatic duct (PD) prior to ductal draina...

Device assisted enteroscopy (DAE) techniques have been recently developed for the diagnosis and treatment of small bowel diseases. These techniques can also be used to perform endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with surgically altered anatomies. The main difficulties with DAE-ERCP are related to type of surgery, to the different dimensions and lack of frontal view...

In the 2014 (25) issue of Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, Yıldız et al. (1) reported that the increase in troponin levels during ERCP may show cardiac damage. Patients undergoing ERCP, who were diagnosed in advance of having ischemic cardiac problems (n=48) and without cardiac problems (n=76), were recruited in this study. Before and after ERCP, ECG, blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen satu...