J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008;23(3):344-347. There have been several efforts to develop an effective preventive strategy that will eliminate or reduce the risk or severity of post-ERCP pancreatitis.

Acute pancreatitis is the most feared complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) because it has the greatest potential for causing prolonged hospitalization, major morbidity ...

Adverse events occurred more often among patients with cirrhosis than noncirrhotic cases after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and correlated with a higher incidence of acute chronic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There were no differences in rates of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis with ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is linked to postprocedure pancreatitis, although such pancreatitis occurs in only a small proportion of patients. Studies of pharmacologic ...

Endoscopy procedures dominate the practice of most gastroenterologists in U.S. The common types, upper endoscopy and colonoscopy, are mostly performed in ambulatory care centers and offices. ERCP ...

Allopurinol inhibits the generation of oxygen-derived free radicals and it has been postulated that this xanthine oxidase inhibitor might prevent post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ...

ERCP is used primarily to diagnose and treat conditions of the bile ducts and pancreas. ERCP combines the use of x-rays and an endoscope, which is a long, flexible, lighted tube. Through the endoscope ...

Your doctor uses a long flexible tube with a small camera and light at the end, called an endoscope. It's also sometimes called a duodenoscope. They pass this tube through your mouth, throat, stomach ...