A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows rectally administered indomethacin significantly reduced the incidence of pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Prophylactic rectal NSAIDs were associated with lower rates of post-ERCP pancreatitis. NSAIDs did not increase ...

Preliminary research suggests that rectally administered nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs may reduce the incidence of pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). In ...

Acute pancreatitis is the most feared complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) because it has the greatest potential for causing prolonged hospitalization, major morbidity ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adverse events occurred more often among patients with cirrhosis than noncirrhotic cases after endoscopic ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – April 28, 2009 – Pregnant women with gallstone disease may require immediate endoscopic intervention because of potentially life-threatening cholangitis (infection in the bile ducts) ...

Pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the most commonly feared adverse event for this procedure. It can result in significant morbidity and, rarely, mortality.

A multicenter clinical trial published in JAMA has found that a long-used endoscopic procedure does not prevent recurrent pancreatitis in adults with an anatomic anomaly, challenging decades of ...

Mauna Kea Technologies announced the final results of a clinical trial assessing the use of probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in the diagnosis of biliary cancer during ERCP. The results of the ...

In a new study, published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, researchers examine the variation in clinical outcomes between high-and low-volume endoscopists and endoscopy centers. The study ...