Success of single-balloon enteroscope-assisted endoscopic retrograde colangiopancreatography in patients with a modified anatomy.

We would like to congratulate Drs. Espinel and Pinedo for their excellent results in single-ballon enteroscopy-assisted ERCP recently published in REED(1).We also want to share our experience.

Statin consumption and risk of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis.

Background: The most frequent complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is post-ERCP acute pancreatitis (PEP). Statin consumption seems to lower the incidence of acute pancreatitis. We aimed to investigate the relationship between the use of statins and the incidence of PEP.