In certain patients with abdominal pain after gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy), undergoing an endoscopic procedure involving the bile and pancreatic ducts did not result in fewer days with ...

SAN DIEGO -- Minor papilla endoscopic sphincterotomy did not reduce the risk of acute pancreatitis in patients with acute recurrent pancreatitis and pancreas divisum, a sham-controlled randomized ...

During endoscopic cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), precut endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy (EBS) is used to access the common bile duct (CBD) when standard CBD cannulation fails; however, use of ...

The risk of developing a gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage during or following a GI endoscopic procedure is rare albeit well recognized. Clearly some procedures have a higher risk potential for ...

A medical complication can be defined as an undesired event that requires an unscheduled or prolonged hospital stay. 1 It can also be described as an adverse event that requires a deviation from the ...

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;3(7):356-357. The cause of acute pancreatitis is easily identifiable in 70–90% of patients. In patients with idiopathic acute pancreatitis (IAP), however, an ...

Endoscopy is a nonsurgical procedure that can be used to examine your digestive tract. Using an endoscope, a flexible tube with a light and camera attached to it, your doctor can view pictures of your ...

Post-cholecystectomy pain (abdominal pain after gallbladder removal) is a common clinical problem. More than 700,000 patients undergo cholecystectomy each year in the United States, and at least 10 ...