Open AccessE.R.C.P. and the endoscopic treatment of biliary and pancreatic disease
Author(s) -
T Leese
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
morecambe bay medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2634-0631
pISSN - 1466-707X
DOI - 10.48037/mbmj.v1i7.1170
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , general surgery , biliary disease , gastroenterology , endoscopic treatment , pancreatic disease , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , disease , endoscopy , pancreas
E.R.C.P. (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopan-creatography) and the endoscopic treatment of biliary and pancreatic disease was introduced as a regular service in Lancaster in October 1990. Prior to this patients had to be referred to Manchester and other centres for these procedures.
In its first year more than 200 patients have benefited from the service. We now perform six elective and semi-urgent procedures on the weekly E.R.C.P. list. In addition occasional emergency E.R.C.P.s are performed on ill patients with cholangitis and pancreatitis.