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Diagnostic Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Endoscopy, 2001
Since the introduction of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), the focus in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has shifted from diagnosis to treatment - a change that has organizational implications in relation to teaching and providing access to ERCP.
Michael Häfner, Rainer Schöfl
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Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

2008
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has proven to be a very useful method in the diagnosis of most diseases of the biliary tract. In particular it displays a great accuracy in diagnosing extrahepatic biliary disease, making it the gold standard compares to other diagnostic studies in this field.
Kon. Goumas, A. Poulou
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Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

American Journal of Nursing, 1999
For a long time examination of the extrahepatic biliary tree and pancreatic duct was possible only at the time of laparotomy. In 1968 McCune, a surgeon and his colleagues first reported the endoscopic visualization of the common bile and pancreatic duct. Since then, innovations and improvements in technology have resulted in the technique of endoscopic
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ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1978
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) involves cannulation of the papilla of Vater followed by contrast radiology of the biliary and pancreatic ducts. With experience, X‐ray films of the desired duct(s) can be obtained in 90% of patients, with minimal patient discomfort and a low frequency of complications.
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Gastrointestinal Nursing, 2013
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is an important procedure in the diagnosis and management of pancreatobiliary disease. Since its introduction of in 1968, it has become an almost exclusively therapeutic procedure. A large audit in the UK has confirmed the procedure is safe with favourable outcomes when compared with other reported ...
KV Patel, T Wong
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Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

2021
This chapter will review endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and the diseases treated along with the goals of treatment. The equipment and supplies needed along with procedure set up will be reviewed and laid out in step by step instructions.
Stephanie Shea, Cristina Demone, Kelly Esponda   +2 more
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Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1983
To the Editor.— In their recent editorial (1983;249:783), Craig and Clayman state that percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) is preferable to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the examination of patients with obstructive jaundice shown to have dilated ducts on ultrasound.
Kenneth A. Vogele, John B. Marshall
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Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, 2001
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography has been widely applied as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in adult patients with pancreacticobiliary disorders and has recently become an accepted modality in pediatrics. This article reviews the general concepts of diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in children and specific ...
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Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Surgical Innovation, 1995
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the gold standard for radiological visualization of the common bile duct. In addition to its diagnostic applications, ERCP, along with sphincterotomy, is a standard therapy for bile duct calculi. The advent of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has focused much attention on the role of ERCP in the
Anthony T. R. Axon, S O'Mahony, David J. Lintott   +2 more
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Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Octogenarians

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 1996
Thirty patients > or = 80 years of age (mean 86) underwent diagnostic and/or therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). The low mortality (6.6%) and complication (6.6%) rates lead us to believe that ERCP in octogenarians provides an acceptable route for diagnosis and treatment of biliary and pancreatic disorders.
Leibovitz A, Scapa E, Berant A, Beni Habot   +3 more
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