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post endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) pancreatitis is a frequent complication either for diagnosis or treatment of pancreatobiliary diseases. a number of pharmacological agents have been tried for prevention or alleviation of the complication. allopurinol with free radical scavenger property has been considered as an effective prophylactic agent in some clinical trials. adm...

purpose: to report a patient with exotropia due to medial rectus muscle entrapment as a complication of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (edcr). case report: a 34-year-old female was referred with left exotropia 18 days after edcr for treatment of primary nasolacrimal duct obstruction. she had a large angle left exotropia in primary position as well as complete limitation of adduction and parti...

context different approaches are routinely applied in the treatment of concomitant cholecystocholedocholithiasis. most patients are treated by preoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a two-stage approach. however one-stage approach carrying out intraoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy (ioes) is emerging as a minimally invasive alternative option. our r...

background: juxta-ampullary diverticulum is an acquisitive disorder generally observed in patients over the age of forty years. the purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between this abnormality and the incidence of post-ercp complications. â  materials and methods: this was a case-control cross-sectional study that compared post- ercp complications between patients with juxta-a...

upper gastrointestinal bleeding (ugib) is defi ned as bleeding that results from lesions located above the ligament of treitz and is a common cause for emergency hospital admissions in patients with gastrointestinal disorders. ugib also increases the risk of morbidity and mortality in patients already hospitalized for other reasons. according to epidemiological surveys of acute ugib in iran, pe...

purpose: the aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of endoscopic neurosurgery for patients with third ventricular colloid cysts without ventriculomegaly. methods: seventy-one patients with third ventricular colloid cysts were identified and recruited to this study. eighteen of these patients did not have concomitant hydrocephalus and underwent primary endoscopic...