Efficacy of 2‐Mercaptoethane Sulfonate Sodium (MESNA) in the Prevention of Pancreatitis After Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: A Randomized Open Label Trial by Amir Sadeghi, Hesamoddin Samar, Mohammad Abbasinazari, Parvaneh Mohammadi, Ali Abazarikia, Shadi Ziaie

“…ABSTRACT Background and Aim Oxidative stress has been considered a factor in the development of post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis (PEP). The present clinical trial evaluated whether adding intravenous mesna to rectal indomethacin could prevent or alleviate PEP. …”
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A Modified Technique Reduced Operative Time of Laparoendoscopic Rendezvous Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Combined with Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Concomitant Gallstone and Common Bile Ductal Stone by Wei Liu, Qunwei Wang, Jing Xiao, Liying Zhao, Jiangsheng Huang, Zhaohui Tan, Pengfei Li

“…Laparoendoscopic rendezvous (LERV) endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC+ERCP/LERV) are considered an optimal approach for concomitant gallstones and common bile duct stones. …”
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Staging in the treatment of chronic calculous cholecystitis, complicated by choledocholithiasis by Alexander V. Smirnov, Vladimir R. Stankevich, Dmitry V. Sazonov, Artur R. Akhmedianov, Aishe A. Keshvedinova, Nikolay A. Solovyev, Yury V. Ivanov, Robert I. Khabazov

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Modern options of endoscopic retrograde stenting of bile ducts in treatment of obstructive jaundice at malignant pancreatobiliary tumors by S. A. Budzinsky, S. G. Shapovalyants, Ye. D. Fedorov, A. G. Mylnikov, D. V. Bakhtiozina

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Endoscopic biliary drainage for distal bile duct obstruction due to pancreatic cancer by Masahiro Itonaga, Masayuki Kitano

Subjects: “…endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography…”
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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-guided biliary drainage for distal malignant biliary obstruction due to pancreatic cancer with asymptomatic duodenal invasion: a retrospective, single-center study in Japan by Naminatsu Takahara, Yousuke Nakai, Kensaku Noguchi, Tatsunori Suzuki, Tatsuya Sato, Ryunosuke Hakuta, Kazunaga Ishigaki, Tomotaka Saito, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

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Assessing Sedation Depth with PSI in Elderly ERCP Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study by Huang L, Liu LL, Lu YD, Zhuang MY, Dou W, Liu H, Ji FH, Peng K

Subjects: “…endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography…”
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Unraveling a Rare Right-Sided Pleural Effusion in a Young Female: A Case of Pancreaticopleural Fistula by P. Prem Ananth, S. Raghul Raj, R. Anand, N. Nagarajan

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Comparative efficacy of precut over a pancreatic duct stent and transpancreatic precut sphincterotomy for difficult biliary cannulation in ERCP by YAO Wenfei, QI Yang, LI Qianyi, WU Yuquan, XU Ruiyun, YAO Wei, KONG Lei, LI Nengping

Subjects: “…|endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ercp)|difficult biliary cannulation|precut over a pancreatic duct stent(ppds)|transpancreatic precut sphincterotomy(tps)…”
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Biliary Drainage Method and Temporal Trends in Patients Admitted with Cholangitis: A National Audit by Julia McNabb-Baltar, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Alan N Barkun

“…BACKGROUND: In patients presenting with ascending cholangitis, better outcomes are reported in those undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) compared with surgical drainage.…”
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Technical difficulties and success of endoscopic retrograde colangiopancreatography in a group of patients by Pedro Juan Vázquez González, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Gustavo Becerra Terón, Mayelin González Pérez, Pedro Juan Barrios Fuentes, Denis Monzón Vega, Mabel Vega Galindo

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography has been effective in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the biliopancreatic system. …”
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Enterococcus Faecalis Endocarditis Following Percutaneous Manipulation of a Biliary Tract Calculus and ERCP by Allan R Ronald, Andrew LS Pattullo

“…A case of Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis followed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and percutaneous extraction of a biliary calculus is reported. …”
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Ketamine Use for Successful Resolution of Post-ERCP Acute Pancreatitis Abdominal Pain by Suneel M. Agerwala, Divya Sundarapandiyan, Garret Weber

“…We report a case in which a patient with intractable pain secondary to post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) acute pancreatitis is successfully treated with a subanesthetic ketamine infusion. …”
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Relapse of Multiple Myeloma Presenting with Biliary Obstruction by Alan Coss, Chen Zhou, Michael F Byrne, Alan A Weiss

“…Biliary stenting was performed at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Resolution of the pancreatic mass and the associated biliary stricture was observed after radiation and chemotherapy.…”
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Double Incomplete Internal Biliary Fistula: Coexisting Cholecystogastric and Cholecystoduodenal Fistula by Kemal Beksac, Arman Erkan, Volkan Kaynaroglu

“…In this report we present a case of incomplete cholecystogastric and cholecystoduodenal fistulae in a single patient missed by ultrasonography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and diagnosed intraoperatively. …”
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Endoscopic Fistulotomy – ‘The Suprapapillary Punch’: A Method of Access to the Bile Duct during ERCP by Noel B Hershfield

“…Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is established as the method of choice to investigate the biliary tree when obstruction is suspected. …”
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Gallbladder Agenesis with Refractory Choledocholithiasis by Jamie Tjaden, Kevin Patel, Aziz Aadam

“…Upper endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) revealed choledocholithiasis, and the patient required multiple endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) sessions before successful extraction of all stones. …”
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Successful Nonsurgical Treatment of Pneumomediastinum, Pneumothorax, Pneumoperitoneum, Pneumoretroperitoneum, and Subcutaneous Emphysema following ERCP by L. Fujii, A. Lau, D. E. Fleischer, M. E. Harrison

“…Complications related to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) include pancreatitis, hemorrhage, cholangitis, and perforation. …”
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Acute Esophageal Necrosis in a Septic Patient with a History of Cardiovascular Disease by Michael Coles, Victoria Madray, Pearl Uy

“…Interestingly, the patient only had a transient episode of hypotension (approximately 35 minutes) not requiring vasopressor support, which improved with fluid resuscitation, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) done 3 days prior showed normal esophageal mucosa. …”
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Pyogenic Liver Abscess. A Case Report by Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés, Yordanka Yamilé Aleaga Hernández

“…A case of a 34-year-old woman of mixed race with history of gallstones (2011), extrahepatic obstructive jaundice caused by cholelithiasis (May 2012), cholangitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and cholecystectomy (August 2012) due to gallstones is presented. …”
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