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Role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in acute pancreatitis.

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Canlas, KR; Branch, MS
Published in: World J Gastroenterol
December 21, 2007

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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World J Gastroenterol

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1007-9327

Publication Date

December 21, 2007

Volume

13

Issue

47

Start / End Page

6314 / 6320

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction
  • Pancreatitis
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms
  • Pancreatic Ducts
  • Pancreas
  • Lithiasis
  • Humans
  • Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Gallstones
 

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Canlas, K. R., & Branch, M. S. (2007). Role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in acute pancreatitis. World J Gastroenterol, 13(47), 6314–6320. https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i47.6314
Canlas, Karen R., and Malcolm S. Branch. “Role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in acute pancreatitis.World J Gastroenterol 13, no. 47 (December 21, 2007): 6314–20. https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i47.6314.
Canlas KR, Branch MS. Role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in acute pancreatitis. World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Dec 21;13(47):6314–20.
Canlas, Karen R., and Malcolm S. Branch. “Role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in acute pancreatitis.World J Gastroenterol, vol. 13, no. 47, Dec. 2007, pp. 6314–20. Pubmed, doi:10.3748/wjg.v13.i47.6314.
Canlas KR, Branch MS. Role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in acute pancreatitis. World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Dec 21;13(47):6314–6320.

Published In

World J Gastroenterol

DOI

ISSN

1007-9327

Publication Date

December 21, 2007

Volume

13

Issue

47

Start / End Page

6314 / 6320

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction
  • Pancreatitis
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms
  • Pancreatic Ducts
  • Pancreas
  • Lithiasis
  • Humans
  • Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Gallstones