[Endoscopic papillotomy and extraction of bile duct calculi in patients with gallbladder in situ and cholelithiasis].

Cholecystectomy with surgical papillotomy is a prolonged procedure with significant morbidity and mortality. In patient stay is usually extended. Occasionally the bad general conditions and the advanced age of the patients contraindicate surgical procedures.

[Endoscopic treatment of acute pancreatitis of biliary etiology].

23 patients with acute biliary pancreatitis were treated with endoscopic papillotomy and extraction of bile duct stones. 12 suffered on an acute moderate and 11 on an severe pancreatitis in the classification of Glasgow. The patients were between 45 and 92 years old.