Open AccessSafety of immediate endoscopic sphincterotomy in acute suppurative cholangitis caused by choledocholithiasis
Author(s) -
Tairo Ito,
Jin Kan Sai,
Hironao Okubo,
Hiroaki Saito,
Shōzō Ishii,
Ryo Kanazawa,
Ko Tomishima,
Sumio Watanabe,
Shuichiro Shiina
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v8.i3.180
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , partial thromboplastin time , coagulopathy , white blood cell , surgery , complication , gastroenterology , platelet , pancreatitis
To examine the safety of immediate endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) in patients with acute suppurative cholangitis (ASC) caused by choledocholithiasis, as compared with elective EST.