Distinguishing malignant from benign biliary strictures remains a major clinical challenge. Endoscopic retrograde ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of patients undergo endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or ERCP, a procedure in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Acute pancreatitis occurred in 34.7% of patients who underwent ERCP with minor papillotomy and 43.8% of those ...

In patients with unexplained acute recurrent pancreatitis who have pancreas divisum, the widely used procedure endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with minor papillotomy does not ...

Hormonal changes during pregnancy increase the lithogenicity of bile and impair gallbladder emptying, which create a favorable environment for gallstone formation. Choledocholithiasis and consequent ...

Researchers have found in a new study that previous ERCP is associated with greater operative difficulty during subsequent ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or ERCP, is a specialized technique used to study the ducts of the gall bladder, pancreas and liver. Ducts are drainage routes: the drainage channels ...

A multicenter clinical trial published in JAMA has found that a long-used endoscopic procedure does not prevent recurrent pancreatitis in adults with an anatomic anomaly, challenging decades of ...

A multicenter chart review study of patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma receiving liposomal irinotecan after gemcitabine-based therapy. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...