Patients and practitioners expect that their endoscopy procedures will go smoothly and
according to plan. There are several reasons why they may be disappointed. The procedure may …

BACKGROUND: Complications of ERCP are an important concern. We sought to determine
predictors of post-ERCP complications at our institution. METHODS: GI TRAC is a …

Background Preliminary research suggests that rectally administered nonsteroidal
antiinflammatory drugs may reduce the incidence of pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde …

Background: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is one of many newer
noninvasive tests that can image the biliary tree. Purpose: To precisely estimate the overall …

BACKGROUND: EUS is increasingly used in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis (CP). A
number of publications in this field have used different EUS terminology, features, and criteria …

Pancreatitis is a complex, progressively destructive inflammatory disorder. Alcohol was long
thought to be the primary causative agent, but genetic contributions have been of interest …

Breath tests are a simple and safe alternative to more invasive investigation strategies for
many gastroenterological conditions. Both the hydrogen breath tests and the new 13 C stable …

Importance Abdominal pain after cholecystectomy is common and may be attributed to
sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. Management often involves endoscopic retrograde …

BACKGROUND: Working parties of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
Quality Committee recently published a proposed new lexicon for adverse events and …

Importance Endoscopic placement of multiple plastic stents in parallel is the first-line treatment
for most benign biliary strictures; it is possible that fully covered, self-expandable metallic …