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BACKGROUND Different types of periampullary diverticulum (PAD) may differentially affect the success of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) cannulation, but the clinical significance of the two current PAD classifications for ...
P. Yue+13 more
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Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) was originally devised as a novel diagnostic technique to enable endoscopists to stage malignancies and acquire tissue. However, it rapidly advanced toward therapeutic applications and has provided gastroenterologists with the
Andrew Canakis, T. Baron
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Introduction: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is one of the most frequently used treatment modality for various pancreatobiliary problems.
Ashis Pun+2 more
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Transient venous air embolism after ERCP: worrisome or not?
The paper describes the occurrence of a rare complication – portal and systemic venous air embolism – after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, related to the endoscopic procedure.
Voiosu Theodor Alexandru+4 more
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a contrast study of the bile ducts and the ductal system of the pancreas (P), achieved by cannulating them with a flexible endoscope and visualizing them with fluoroscopy. The technique also includes a visual assessment of the major duodenal papilla (MDP).
Ivan Mamontov+5 more
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Objective Despite improvements in imaging, serum CA19-9 and pathological evaluation, differentiating between benign and malignant bile duct strictures remains a diagnostic conundrum. Recent developments in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have opened new
A. Singhi+28 more
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CAQ Corner: Immune‐mediated complications
Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Mary Thomson, John R. Lake
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Annular pancreas: endoscopic and pancreatographic findings from a tertiary referral ERCP center [PDF]
Background and Aims Annular pancreas is a congenital anomaly whereby pancreatic tissue encircles the duodenum. Current knowledge of endoscopic findings of annular pancreas is limited to small case series.
Easler, Jeffrey J.+10 more
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Abstract Direct non-operative injection of radio-opaque material through a cannula introduced at the duodenal papilla by means of a fibre-optic duodenoscope achieved opacification of the bile ducts, the pancreatic duct or the entire biliary pancreatic ductal system in 392 (89 per cent) of 439 patients in whom it was attempted.
Coffin Jc+4 more
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Pancreas divisum. Correlation between anatomical abnormalities and bile precipitation in the gallbladder in seven patients [PDF]
Pancreas divisum is a genetic defect associated with recurrent acute pancreatitis due to insufficient drainage of the accessory pancreatic duct. Seven young patients diagnosed with pancreatic divisum and thickening of the gallbladder bile as shown on ...
AL MANSOUR, Monir+12 more
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