Among 148 patients, 34.7% of those who underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with minor papilla sphincterotomy had an acute pancreatitis event more than 30 days later ...

Acute pancreatitis occurred in 34.7% of patients who underwent ERCP with minor papillotomy and 43.8% of those who had sham ERCP. Chronic pancreatitis and pancreas-related pain were also similar ...

For patients with acute pancreatitis secondary to gallstones, a cholecystectomy should be performed unless the patient has cholangitis, in which an ERCP is indicated to prevent recurrences.

“Patients who underwent ERCP with sphincterotomy were just as likely as those who did not have this procedure to develop acute pancreatitis again,” Coté reported. While clinical guidelines ...

Acute pancreatitis symptoms include severe upper ... A procedure called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or ERCP, uses a long tube with a camera on the end to take pictures of ...

The exception in acute pancreatitis is if it is caused by gallstones and stone removal is necessary with ERCP. There are a number of risk factors associated with ERCP. These include, but are not ...

“Controversy remains regarding the benefit of ERCP in the management of unexplained RAP [recurrent acute pancreatitis], whereas endoscopic interventions have been found to be safe and effective ...

However, ERCP also has disadvantages. For example, it can actually cause an episode of acute pancreatitis if contrast dye is inadvertently injected into the pancreatic tissue itself, instead of ...

Acute pancreatitis is regarded as a medical emergency and refers ... whereas trauma and cannulation with the injection of dye into the pancreatic duct during ERCP predispose in 5% of cases. Other ...

Among 148 patients, 34.7% of those who underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with minor papilla sphincterotomy had an acute pancreatitis event more than 30 days later ...