Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a medical technique that is used primarily to investigate and treat pathologies involving the biliary tree and pancreatic ducts. Image Credit: ...

A therapeutic endoscopic procedure provides treatment that is carried out via the endoscope. A procedure, which starts as a diagnostic or screening endoscopy, may become a therapeutic endoscopy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Single-use duodenoscopes offered similar technical and safety outcomes in endoscopic retrograde ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The volume of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedures done at a health care facility was a ...

Dec. 18, 2003 — A single dose of intravenous bolus somatostatin given immediately after diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is effective in reducing the incidence of ...

Researchers are beginning work on a double-blind randomized controlled trial to test the results of this preliminary study. A 1-hour endoscopic procedure could potentially eliminate the need for ...