ERCP improves mortality in acute biliary pancreatitis without cholangitis

Background and study aims Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an increasingly common indication for hospitalization in the United States. The necessity for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and the timing of ERCP in acute gallstone-related pancreatitis without cholangitis (AGPNC) is contr...

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Main Authors: Aleksey A. Novikov, Jennifer H. Fieber, Monica Saumoy, Russell Rosenblatt, Shirley A. Cohen Mekelburg, Shawn L. Shah, Carl V. Crawford Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2021-05-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-1320-0041