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Team Develops, Evaluates Low-Cost Simulator for ERCP Training
ISSUE: MAY, 2009 A California team is examining the feasibility of a low-cost mechanical endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) simulator, most recently evaluating the performance outcomes associated with simulation training of endoscopists without prior ERCP experience. read more | ||
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Researchers Establish Predictors of Mortality in Acute Pancreatitis
ISSUE: NOVEMBER, 2008 Investigators have recently identified a clinical scoring system for the prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis. read more | ||
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Is a Radiologist’s Report Really Necessary in ERCP?
Two Studies Call the Usefulness of This Standard Into Question ISSUE: JULY, 2008 Two studies have confirmed what most gastroenterologists have known for years—that having a radiologist review endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) films does little or nothing to improve the accuracy of the diagnosis or the course of therapy. read more | ||
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Covered Metal Stents Do Not Yet Have Endoscopists Fully Covered In Malignant Biliary Obstruction
ISSUE: MAY, 2008 Covered self-expanding metal stents do not appear to be distinguishing themselves from their uncovered counterparts in the palliation of malignant distal biliary obstruction. read more | ||
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3 Fr or 5 Fr? Which Reduces Severity of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis in High-Risk Patients?
ISSUE: NOVEMBER, 2007 One of the fathers of the technique of using a stent to reduce the incidence of pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has conducted a randomized trial to determine whether the stent that bears his name—the short 5 Fr Geenen stent—is better or worse than a newer version of the stent, the 3 Fr pigtail stent. The results indicate both are equally effective. read more | ||
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Will That Be Plastic or Metal—and Would You Like PDT on the Side?
ISSUE: OCTOBER, 2007 A study presented at the 2007 Digestive Disease Week meeting made a case for the combination of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with plastic stents and photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the palliation of unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma. read more | ||
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Rapid Endoscopic Secretin Test Shows Promise in Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis
ISSUE: SEPTEMBER, 2007 A team of researchers may have revitalized the prospects of a rapid intraductal, endoscopic secretin stimulation test for diagnosing chronic pancreatitis because of robust results they obtained in a study, which was presented at the 2007 Digestive Disease Week meeting. read more | ||
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Researchers Examine Role of Contrast in Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
ISSUE: JUNE, 2007 Preliminary results from a Canadian randomized study suggest that wire cannulation during ERCP decreases the incidence of pancreatitis compared with standard cannulation guided by dye injection. read more |
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