BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS An iincreasing number of reports describe endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy for malignant biliary obstruction in patients with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography failure. However, this procedure has not yet been standardized; as a result, the rate of adverse events, including bile leakage and stent migration, is relatively high. Here, we repo...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Hemobilia is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography (ERCP) is considered to be an excellent diagnostic and treatment modality. Thirty-seven cases of hemobilia with different underlying pathologies were analyzed to illustrate clinical features and to evaluate the role of endoscopic management. METHODS A total of 37 pati...

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) was developed as a diagnostic modality but rapidly gained a role for a variety of therapeutic applications. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)‐guided cholangio pancreatic drainage has been reported as an alternative to surgery or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography if endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is unsuccessful. Its concept includes EUS‐...

Biliary cast syndrome (BCS) is an uncommon complication which is mostly described in orthotopic liver transplantation. However, BCS has also been reported rarely in non-liver transplant patients. We describe a male long-term opium inhaler with BCS who underwent successful endoscopic cast removal by balloon enteroscopy-guided endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. A 52-year-old man, who...

We have read with interest the review by Lee et al.1 titled “Endoscopic treatments of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-related duodenal perforations.” Herein, we would like to describe the management of an analogous case from among our experience of 3,000 endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographies (ERCPs) in 8 years. An 84-year-old man underwent ERCP because of recurrent cho...

The authors address the value of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and endoscopic ultrasound for the diagnosis of cystic and solid neoplasms of the pancreas, demonstrating that each of them is of great importance to undoubtedly increase the diagnostic accuracy of the biliopancreatic system diseases. The best method f...

Examination of a biliodigestive anastomosis presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Visualization of biliodigestive anastomosis and endoscopic retrograde cholangiography with intervention is possible with a double balloon enteroscope.

The field of endoscopy has revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases in recent years. Besides the 'traditional' endoscopic procedures (esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography), advances in imaging technology (endoscopic ultrasonography, wireless capsule endoscopy, and double balloon en...

We report a case of agenesis of dorsal pancreas diagnosed by CT. This anomaly can easily be confused with pancreas divisum on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography alone.

CT computed tomography DGW double guidewire EPBD endoscopic papillary balloon dilation ESGE European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography NSAID nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug PEP post-ERCP pancreatitis PGW pancreatic guidewire RCT randomized controlled trial SOD sphincter of Oddi dysfunction SOM sphincter of Oddi manometry ULN upper limi...