Lawrence Muscarella, a medical safety expert and president of LFM Healthcare Solutions in Montgomeryville, Montgomery County, offers the following advice for patients who may be scheduled for a ...

ERCP is the acronym for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. It is a medical technique that employs a combination of fluoroscopy and endoscopy to diagnose and treat disorders affecting the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Endoscopists and centers that performed a high volume of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ...

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

Effective reprocessing of endoscopes that are used in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures requires continued vigilance to prevent dangerous infections, according to a US ...

A multicenter clinical trial published in JAMA has found that a long-used endoscopic procedure does not prevent recurrent pancreatitis in adults with an anatomic anomaly, challenging decades of ...

A new study from researchers in Minnesota found that endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) performed in a community hospital setting results in complication rates that compare ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a medical technique that is used primarily to investigate and treat pathologies involving the biliary tree and pancreatic ducts. Image Credit: ...