PUDUCHERRY: A team of surgeons in a private hospital here removed 195 gallstones from the gallbladder of a 70-year-old ...
The primary role of ERCP in the management of CCA is to provide palliation of obstructive jaundice in patients with a limited life expectancy. The aims of palliation are the relief of jaundice and ...
A more detailed patient history revealed that endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and stent placement had been performed 6 years previously. The patient had not attended the ...
This includes the identification of patient- and procedure-related ... a prophylactic pancreatic duct stent in high-risk patients can reduce this. Once post-ERCP pancreatitis develops, management ...
ERCP is used primarily to diagnose and treat conditions of the bile ducts and pancreas ... If the exam shows narrowing of the ducts, biopsies can be taken, and a stent can be placed to temporarily ...
"That was the root cause of his problems. He had undergone the ERCP procedure at a govt hospital, during which the stent was placed to drain bile. This procedure combines use of endoscopy and ...