Open AccessPost-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography complications: How can they be avoided?
Author(s) -
Juan J. Vila,
Everson L. Artifon,
José Pinhata Otoch
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v4.i6.241
Subject(s) - endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , medicine , complication , surgery , pancreatitis
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has a significant complication rate which can be lowered by adopting technical variations of proven beneficial effect and prophylactic maneuvers such as pancreatic stenting during ERCP or periprocedural non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug administration. However, adoption of these prophylactic maneuvers by endoscopists is not uniform. In this editorial we discuss the beneficial effects of the aforementioned maneuvers.