Role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in acute pancreatitis.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a useful tool in the evaluation and management of acute pancreatitis. This review will focus on the role of ERCP in specific causes of acute pancreatitis, including microlithiasis and gallstone disease, pancreas divisum, Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, tumors of the pancreaticobiliary tract, pancreatic pseudocysts, and pancreatic duct injury. Indications for endoscopic techniques such as biliary and pancreatic sphincterotomy, stenting, stricture dilation, treatment of duct leaks, drainage of fluid collections and stone extraction will also be discussed in this review. With the advent of less invasive and safer diagnostic modalities including endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and magnetic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), ERCP is appropriately becoming a therapeutic rather than diagnostic tool in the management of acute pancreatitis and its complications.
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- Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction
- Pancreatitis
- Pancreatic Pseudocyst
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
- Pancreatic Ducts
- Pancreas
- Lithiasis
- Humans
- Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Gallstones
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Published In
DOI
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction
- Pancreatitis
- Pancreatic Pseudocyst
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
- Pancreatic Ducts
- Pancreas
- Lithiasis
- Humans
- Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Gallstones