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January 1, 2023
The current management of biliary pancreatitis or choledocholithiasis consists of prompt decompression of the common bile duct. However, the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass anatomy poses a challenge for retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) due to the divide ...
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April 11, 2018
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a safe and reliable method for the diagnosis, treatment, and palliation of pancreaticobiliary malignancy. In 2015, the estimated new cases of pancreatic cancer were about 48,960. The 5-year survival ...
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January 1, 2016
One of the more common encounters a physician must deal with is the presence of occult gastrointestinal blood loss. The prevalence may reach up to 1 in 20 adults. The detection of occult blood is important because a person may lose up to 150 ml of blood fr ...
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