Difficult biliary cannulation during ercp: How to facilitate biliary access and minimize the risk of post-ercp pancreatitis

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 596-603

  Testoni, Pier Alberto ^a   Testoni, Sabrina ^a   Giussani, Antonella ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Guide wire assisted technique; Needle knife precutting; Pancreatic stenting; Trans pancreatic sphincterotomy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; BILE DUCT; CANNULATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; NEEDLE KNIFE PRECUT PAPILLOTOMY; PANCREATITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHINCTEROTOMY; STENT; TRANSPANCREATIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; VATER PAPILLOTOMY;

AMPULLA OF VATER; BILE DUCTS; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 79960357725     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2011.01.019     Document Type: Review

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