Chapter 49 Unexplained Acute Pancreatitis Damien Tan, Stuart Sherman Determining the cause of acute pancreatitis is not usually difficult. Acute pancreatitis results most commonly from alcohol abuse or gallstone disease….
Chapter 41 Biliary Surgery Adverse Events Including Liver Transplantation Claudio Navarrete, Francisca Navarrete, Jaquelina M. Gobelet, Eduardo Valdivieso, Miguel Muñoz-Navas Endoscopic management of iatrogenic biliary adverse events continues to be…
Chapter 47 Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis Dong Wan Seo, Khean-Lee Goh Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis (RPC) is a condition characterized by repeated attacks of bacterial infection of the biliary tract. It is…
Chapter 20 Minor Papilla Cannulation and Sphincterotomy Pier Alberto Testoni, Alberto Mariani Pancreas divisum (literally “divided pancreas”) is a congenital anatomic variant in which the dorsal and ventral pancreatic ducts…
Chapter 40 Benign Biliary Strictures Guido Costamagna, Ivo Boškoski, Pietro Familiari Benign bile duct strictures can be the result of iatrogenic injury during surgery, most commonly following cholecystectomy, or may…
Chapter 18 Stone Extraction Catherine B. Ngo, Joseph W. Leung Following endoscopic sphincterotomy, the majority of stones less than 1 cm in diameter will pass spontaneously.1 Nonetheless, it is current practice…
Chapter 4 Endoscopes, Guidewires, and Accessories Sushil K. Ahlawat, Firas H. Al-Kawas Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has become the preferred technique for the management of patients with a variety of…
Chapter 14 Access (Precut) Papillotomy Paul Kortan, Gary May The cardinal step of therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is deep cannulation of the desired duct, usually the common bile duct…
Chapter 22 Biliary Metal Stent Insertion Brintha K. Enestvedt, Gregory G. Ginsberg There are two main categories of biliary stents: fixed diameter plastic stents (PS) and self-expandable metal stents (SEMS)….
Chapter 13 Cannulation of the Major Papilla Michael J. Bourke Despite advances in imaging and device technology over the past decade, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) continues to be technically challenging…
