BACKGROUND Performing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in bariatric patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is challenging due to the long anatomical route required to reach the biliopancreatic limb. AIM Assessment of the feasibility and performance of laparoscopy-assisted transgastric endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. METHODS A retrospective mult...

Context Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is a technique used to diagnose and treat certain problems of the biliary or pancreatic ductal systems. It is a safe procedure and serious complications are uncommon. Pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, pneumoperitoneum and subcutaneous emphysema are rare complications after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Case report An Eighty...

It is estimated that 3.4% of patients qualified for cholecystectomy due to cholelithiasis have a coexisting choledocholithiasis. For decades, endoscopic ascending retrograde cholangiopancreatography has been the golden diagnostic standard in cases of suspected choledocholithiasis. The method is associated with a relatively high rate of complications, including acute pancreatitis, the incidence ...

   As an invasive procedure endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is prone to develop complications including; pancreatitis, bleeding, cholangitis, and perforation. There are also other complications like pneumothorax, which are so rare. Although this complication is rare, delay in its management may lead to lethal consequences. The present study report a case of post- ERCP pneumothora...

OBJECTIVES Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) combined with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has been widely used in the management of the acute biliopancreatic pathology. Nevertheless, controversy remains about the appropriate timing for retrograde cholangiopancreatography. METHODS A retrospective study was undertaken on a consecutive series of 117 patients with acute bil...

BACKGROUND There are few published data concerning the economic impact of antibiotic prophylaxis prior to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the setting of biliary obstruction. AIM To perform decision analysis to determine the costs of prophylaxis in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for obstructive jaundice. METHODS A decision analysis model ...

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...

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) is widely used for the diagnosis and treatment of biliary and pancreatic tract disease. perforation is a rare complication of it, but it is associated with high rate of mortality, an overall mortality rate of 1.0-1.5%. here, a case of massive subcutaneous emphysema following ercp was reported without an obvious retroperitoneal or peritoneal ...