Open AccessSafety of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Mohamed Azab,
Shishira Bharadwaj,
Mahendran Jayaraj,
Annie S. Hong,
Pejman Solaimani,
Mohamad Mubder,
Hyeyoung Yeom,
Ji Won Yoo,
Michael L. Volk
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_92_19
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , meta analysis , pregnancy , adverse effect , confidence interval , subgroup analysis , obstetrics , medline , systematic review , pancreatitis , genetics , political science , law , biology
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a technically challenging procedure rarely associated with severe postprocedure complications. Hormonal changes during pregnancy promote cholelithiasis, but there are limited clinical data available on the outcomes of ERCP in pregnant women. ERCP techniques without irradiation were recently introduced as potential alternative. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the safety of ERCP in pregnancy and to compare outcomes of radiation versus nonradiation ERCP.