Hyperamylasemia and pancreatitis following spiral enteroscopy

BACKGROUND: Acute pancreatitis is a significant potential complication with double-balloon enteroscopy. Hyperamylasemia is frequently observed after both double-balloon enteroscopy and single-balloon enteroscopy but often without associated pancreatitis. Whether the same phenomenon occurs with spira...

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Main Authors: Christopher W Teshima, Huseyin Aktas, Ernst J Kuipers, Peter B Mensink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/696187