Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a chronic cholestatic liver and biliary tract disease that can shorten life and may require liver transplantation, according to study data. The prevalence in the ...

Endoscopists who perform endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are frequently pressured to perform urgent (usually night or weekend) ERCP in patients with acute biliary pancreatitis in ...

The progressive fibrosing inflammation of PSC can lead to obliteration of the biliary tree, including large ducts. Subtotal or total stenoses of the right or left hepatic duct close to the bifurcation ...

Adverse events occurred more often among patients with cirrhosis than noncirrhotic cases after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and correlated with a higher incidence of acute chronic ...

Recently, the cholangiographic findings of these types of strictures have been better defined using ERCP. 3 The strictures that arise from primary sclerosing cholangitis are band-like, with beaded or ...

Pregnant women with gallstone disease may require immediate endoscopic intervention because of potentially life-threatening cholangitis or gallstone pancreatitis. The radiation exposure in endoscopic ...

Choledocholithiasis is a serious problem in pregnancy, which can lead to life-threatening complications such as cholangitis and pancreatitis. Data on safety issues of endoscopic retrograde ...

Acute cholangitis is a severe, bacterial infection of the biliary tract precipitated by an obstruction that often results in systemic inflammation and, in some cases, life‐threatening sepsis. This ...

Guideline for endoscopy in PSC The guideline is intended to be an educational device to provide information that may assist endoscopists in providing care to patients. The European Society of ...

Acute cholangitis is diagnosed on the basis of the clinical features, supported by laboratory evidence of systemic infection. Imaging is helpful in revealing biliary obstruction and any underlying ...

Hormonal changes during pregnancy increase the lithogenicity of bile and impair gallbladder emptying, which create a favorable environment for gallstone formation. Choledocholithiasis and consequent ...

In 1997, van Milligan and colleagues [16] reported on 16 symptomatic patients with PSC and dominant extrahepatic bile duct strictures who were treated with stent placement for a median interval of 9 ...