Abstract

The safety of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP) in patients with acute pancreatitis(AP) was confirmed in the past decade. Especially in ease of acute gallstone panereatitis, early ERCP/EST(endoscopic sphincterotomy) may reduce the incidence of complications by removing gallstone which causes acute attack of pancreatitis. To assess clinical usefulness of ERCP/EST in the setting of AP, we reviewed clinical records of 58 patients with AP who had undergone ERCP /EST during the same period of admission. (Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 16: 449~458, 1996) (continue...)

• Keywords: Acute pancreatitis , Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ( ERCP ) , Endoscopic sphincterotomy ( EST )