Quoted ERCP: sedation or general anaesthesia?
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Quoted ERCP, Sedation or GA?Abstract
Scope of ERCP • Much of simple diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) now supplanted by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). • Therapeutic ERCP growing exponentially: sphincterotomy; stenting as interim management in cholelithiasis; cholangitis; extrahepatic obstructive jaundice. • Endoscopic ultrasound for screening and diagnosis of pancreatic and biliary neoplasms.Downloads
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