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ENDOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF GALLSTONE PANCREATITIS
Author(s) -
Chen Frank C.,
Hill David A.,
Hugh Thomas B.,
Li Bei,
Meagher Alan P.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1991.tb00197.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , general surgery , gastroenterology
The use of minimally invasive techniques of removing gallstones, and the gall‐bladder, is an attractive option for patients who may be severely ill with pancreatitis. We describe here a patient with gallstone pancreatitis who was managed completely by endoscopic techniques consisting of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopan‐creatography (ERCP) followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy.