BACKGROUND/AIMS Endosonography is an effective diagnostic tool for evaluating pancreatobiliary diseases. However, it is scarcely used in our healthcare system because of limited resources and scarcity of trained personnel. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of endosonography in patients presenting with extrahepatic biliary obstruction in the Indian subcontinent. METHODS Fifty cons...

AIM The aim of this study was to analyze clinical findings and treatment outcomes of patients with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography complications. BACKGROUND Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography has become a very common procedure for the evaluation and treatment of biliary and pancreatic diseases. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective review of 2447 endoscopic retrogr...

CONTEXT Fasciola hepatica is known to cause bile duct inflammation and biliary obstruction but is rarely reported as responsible for producing acute pancreatitis. CASE REPORT We report on a patient complaining of acute pancreatitis. Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography showed distinct features and sphincterotomy allowed extraction of multiple parasites. CONCLUSIONS Pancreatitis m...

BACKGROUND A double major papilla of Vater is a rare congenital anomaly with only three documented cases described in the literature. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 19-year-old man, with chronic ulcerative pancolitis and congenital sphrerocytosis, who underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography because he had persistent elevation of liver enzymes and normal MRI cholangiograp...

Fasciola hepatica infestation is known to cause bile duct inflammation and biliary obstruction. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography shows distinct features in some patients with fascioliasis, but the condition may be overlooked in chronic cases. The endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograpy images must be carefully examined to rule out other possible causes of irregularity and th...

We have identified two cases in which anomalous papilla of Vater was found emptying into the duodenal bulb. In both instances, bile outflow from the papilla was confirmed endoscopically and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography (ERCP) was performed.

1122 to raise the attractiveness of Europe to draw scientists from other parts of the world; and to raise the overall level of research investment in Europe. An ERC that is just a funding mechanism might not be able to achieve this. It was Iain Mattaj, present Scientific Director and the designated Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, who ...

Methods for endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) and endoscopic papillotomy (EPT) in patients with Billroth-II operations are described, and experience with their use during the last four years (since 1980) is presented. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was successful in 134 of 147 patients (92%) and endoscopic papillotomy was successful in 46 of 50 patients. The described ...