Abstract: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and related procedures are established as necessary techniques in the diagnosis treatment of biliopancreatic diseases. Caution is needed due to high risk complications that can be fatal. The main pancreatitis, bleeding, perforation, biliary stents, lithiasis issues. This study aimed evaluate therapeutic ERCP at Prof. Dr. R. D. Kand...

Acute cholangitis is a well-known biliary tree pathology most often encountered in patients with gallstone disease. When left untreated, acute can lead to severe complications, including death. Therefore, identifying and properly treating crucial avoiding such complications. This paper describes an 84-year-old female patient who presented atypical symptoms of chest pain cough. The was successfu...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is an essential technique for the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatobiliary diseases. However, ERCP-related complications such as pancreatitis, cholangitis, hemorrhage, and perforation may be problematic. For a successful and safe ERCP, preprocedural evaluations of the patients and intervention-related risk factors are needed. Furthermore,...

The management of common bile duct stones has traditionally required open laparotomy and bile duct exploration. With the advent of endoscopic and laparoscopic technology in the latter half of the last century, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and laparoscopic common bile duct exploration has become the mainstream treatment for common bile duct stones in most medical centers around...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography had been a treatment modality of choice for both benign and malignant biliary tract obstruction for more than half century, with a very high clinical success rate and low complications. But in certain circumstances, such as advanced and locally advanced pancreatobiliary malignancies (pancreatic cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, ampullary tumor) and tight...

Chronic pancreatitis is defined as a continuous inflammatory pancreatic disease, one characterized by irreversible morphological changes, often associates with pain and sometimes with the loss of endocrine and exocrine function. As a histological confirmation of chronic pancreatitis is often unavailable, the diagnosis is traditionally based on imaging methods such as computerized tomography (CT...

obstructive jaundice is a medical emergency. local guidelines should be in place and widely publicized to facilitate timely investigation and management and avoid complications. Management must involve a multidisciplinary team that can offer a full range of investigative techniques (cross-sectional imaging, percutaneous procedures, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography).