Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a chronic cholestatic liver and biliary tract disease that can shorten life and may require liver transplantation, according to study data. The prevalence in the ...

Endoscopists who perform endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are frequently pressured to perform urgent (usually night or weekend) ERCP in patients with acute biliary pancreatitis in ...

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 ...

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare, chronic cholestatic liver disease of uncertain etiology characterized by the destruction of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts through ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography can be used to treat common bile duct stones. Adults should have the procedure performed within 72 hours of diagnosis of common bile duct stones if these ...

Choledocholithiasis is a serious problem in pregnancy, which can lead to life-threatening complications such as cholangitis and pancreatitis. Data on safety issues of endoscopic retrograde ...

Pregnant women with gallstone disease may require immediate endoscopic intervention because of potentially life-threatening cholangitis or gallstone pancreatitis. The radiation exposure in endoscopic ...

Acute cholangitis is a severe, bacterial infection of the biliary tract precipitated by an obstruction that often results in systemic inflammation and, in some cases, life‐threatening sepsis. This ...

OR: Odds ratio, 95% CI: 95% Confidence Interval, LOS: Length of Stay, ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...

Guideline for endoscopy in PSC The guideline is intended to be an educational device to provide information that may assist endoscopists in providing care to patients. The European Society of ...

Acute cholangitis is diagnosed on the basis of the clinical features, supported by laboratory evidence of systemic infection. Imaging is helpful in revealing biliary obstruction and any underlying ...

In 1997, van Milligan and colleagues [16] reported on 16 symptomatic patients with PSC and dominant extrahepatic bile duct strictures who were treated with stent placement for a median interval of 9 ...