Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has become enormously popular throughout the world because of its proven value in the management of patients with known and suspected biliary and pancreatic disease. The…
Strictures at the hilum are caused by varied conditions and don’t usually become symptomatic until obstructing the bile ducts, thus posing diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to physicians. ERCP is the…
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is now almost exclusively a therapeutic modality for pancreatic as well as biliary disorders. ERCP alone or with associated pancreatic and biliary therapy can cause a…
The treatment of common biliary duct injuries after surgery is a permanent challenge for physicians, and management by a multidisciplinary team is often required. The endoscopic approach is a valuable…
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the first-line management in most situations when a benign biliary stricture is suspected. Although management principles are similar in all subgroups, the anticipated response rates, need…
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the standard approach to gaining access to the biliary and pancreatic ductal systems. However, in a small subset of cases anatomic constraints imposed by disease…
Sampling at ERCP may be performed at the level of the papilla or of the biliopancreatic ducts. Samples collected at the level of the biliopancreatic ducts allow for diagnosing malignancy…
Endoscopic biliary stent placement is widely accepted as palliation for malignant biliary obstruction or as a treatment of benign biliary stricture. Although various biliary stent designs have become available since…
Stones in biliary and pancreatic ducts are entities that plague hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide every year. Symptoms can be mild (pain) to life threatening (cholangitis, severe acute pancreatitis)….
Developments in endoscopic retrograde cholangioscopy provide multiple new advanced methods of biliary imaging. Cholangioscopy provides direct visualization of epithelium with white light as well as advanced modalities, such as narrow…
