Clinical Usefulness of ERCP in Acute Pancreatitis.
- Author:
Jin Kyung KANG
;
In Suh PARK
;
Jae Bock CHUNG
;
Si Young SONG
;
Kun Hoon SONG
;
Key Joon HAN
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Acute pancreatitis;
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP);
Endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST)
- MeSH:
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde*;
Gallstones;
Humans;
Incidence;
Pancreatitis*
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1996;16(3):449-458
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The safety of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP) in patients with acute pancreatitis(AP) was confirmed in the past decade. Especially in ease of acute gallstone panereatitis, early ERCP/EST(endoscopic sphincterotomy) may reduce the incidence of complications by removing gallstone which causes acute attack of pancreatitis. To assess clinical usefulness of ERCP/EST in the setting of AP, we reviewed clinical records of 58 patients with AP who had undergone ERCP /EST during the same period of admission.(continue...)
