Is ESR Important for Predicting Post-ERCP Pancreatitis?

Background: Pancreatitis remains the most common complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), resulting in substantial morbidity and occasional mortality. There are notable controversies and conflicting reports about risk factors of post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP).

Aim: To evaluate the potential risk factors for PEP at a referral tertiary center, as a sample of the Iranian population.

ERCP features and outcome in patients with periampullary duodenal diverticulum.

Background. Although periampullary diverticulum is usually asymptomatic and discovered incidentally in patients during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), it may lead to post-ERCP morbidity. We compared baseline characteristics and clinical data as well as ERCP results in patients with and without periampullary diverticulum.

Relationship between continuous use of low-dose enteric-coated aspirin and gastrointestinal injuries in patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

Background/aims: Gastrointestinal disorders are important side effects of aspirin therapy, even if the low-dose enteric-coated form is administered. The aim of the current study was to present the upper and lower endoscopic features of patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage using low-dose enteric-coated aspirin.

Materials And Methods: This prospective study was conducted among 633 consecutive patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage who admitted to our tertiary referral hospital for endoscopy assessment.

Preventive role of wire-guided cannulation to reduce hyperamylasemia and pancreatitis following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.

Background and Study Aims. The usefulness of wire-guided cannulation for avoiding hyperamylasemia and pancreatitis following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is conflicting, and therefore we designed this study to determine whether wire-guided cannulation reduces the rate of post-ERCP hyperamylasemia and pancreatitis and compare its efficacy to conventional method. Patients and Methods.

Risk factors for post-ERCP cholangitis in patients with pancreatic cancer from a single referral center in Iran.

Cholangitis is relatively uncommon but associated mortality is high due to the predisposition in people with underlying disease. For this recognition of contributing risk factors is necessary. Therefore, the present descriptive- analytical cross-sectional survey was designed to determine contributing risk factors for post-ERCP cholangitis in patients with pancreatic cancer.

Biliary brush cytology in the assessment of biliary strictures at a tertiary center in Iran.

Background: Confirmation of cholangiocarcinoma and other malignant bile duct stenosis is challenging. The aim of the current study was to assess the accuracy of brush cytology for diagnosis of malignant biliary strictures.

Methods: 105 patients with hepatic biliary strictures undergoing ERCP were included in this study.

Predictive value and main determinants of abnormal features of intraoperative cholangiography during cholecystectomy.

Background: The major issue with intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) is whether its diagnostic accuracy for common bile duct (CBD) stones matches that of other diagnostic procedures, and thus, whether it will become a routine diagnostic procedure. The current study aimed to address the main determinants of CBD stone diagnosis in IOC among an Iranian population.

Methods: In a retrospective review database-based study conducted in Taleghani Hospital in Tehran between 2006 and 2008, baseline data and perioperative information of 2060 patients (male to female ratio 542:1518, mean age 53.

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography outcome from a single referral center in Iran.

Background: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the first choice for diagnostic evaluation of the pancreatic and biliary tree and can be accompanied by a high diagnostic sensitivity and a poor therapeutic outcome. In the current study, we described our experiences in the indications, findings, and technical success of ERCP in a sample of the Iranian population admitted to a referral center in Iran.

Methods: In a retrospective review database-based study, 780 patients (393 males and 387 females; mean age 57.