Success rates for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with altered anatomy from prior surgical intervention

With cumulative increase in patients, progressively larger numbers of patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and pancreatoduodenectomy are requiring ERCP. We examined our rate of success with endoscopic techniques to access the biliary tree in patients with altered anatomy.

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Main Author: Azar, Riad R. (author)
Other Authors: Al-Lehibi, Abed H. (author), Kumar, Nitin (author), Sayuk, Gregory S. (author), Ammar, Tarek (author), Murad, Faris (author)
Format: article
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2010.03.463
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(10)00730-3/abstract
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