Chapter 17 Balloon Dilation of the Native and Postsphincterotomy Papilla Chan-Sup Shim Endoscopic sphincterotomy has become the procedure of choice for removal of stones from the bile duct, especially in…
Chapter 23 Pancreaticobiliary Stent Removal Migrated and Nonmigrated Everson L.A. Artifon, Juan J. Vila, Jose Pinhata Otoch Patients with pancreaticobiliary obstructive diseases are suitable for endoscopic stent placement as definitive…
Chapter 7 Adverse Events of ERCP Prediction, Prevention, and Management Martin L. Freeman Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has evolved from a diagnostic modality to a primarily therapeutic procedure for pancreatic…
Chapter 32 Pancreas Divisum, Biliary Cysts, and Other Congenital Anomalies Mark Topazian Anomalies of the biliary and pancreatic ducts are commonly encountered during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and are important…
Chapter 33 Approach to the Dilated Bile Duct and Pneumobilia Pari Shah, Geoffrey Spencer, Michael L. Kochman The Dilated Bile Duct Background The dilated bile duct is a commonly encountered…
Chapter 30 Echoendoscopic Ultrasound–Guided Biliary Drainage Marc Giovannini, Erwan Bories, Félix Ignacio Téllez-Ávila Echoendoscopic biliary drainage is an option to treat obstructive jaundices when endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) drainage fails….
Chapter 25 Pancreatoscopy Tadashi Kodama, Tatsuya Koshitani The relative inaccessibility of the pancreatobiliary tract by endoscopy has meant that the evaluation of pancreatobiliary disease has relied on radiographic imaging by…
Chapter 26 Cholangioscopy Introduction Peter B. Kelsey Advances in cholangiopancreatoscopy continue to broaden the interventionalist’s scope of effectiveness in the diagnosis and management of biliary and pancreatic disease. Continued design…
Chapter 36 Malignant Biliary Obstruction Distal Sandeep Krishnan, Douglas Pleskow Malignant strictures of the pancreaticobiliary tree are often difficult to diagnose and treat. They present late and hence these factors…
Chapter 43 Choledocholithiasis James Y.W. Lau, Yuk Tong Lee, Joseph Sung Gallstone disease is a common condition. It is estimated that in the United States between 500,000 and 700,000 cholecystectomies…
