Modern endoscopic technologies for chronic calcifying pancreatitis.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of electrohydraulic lithotripsy of calculi of the main pancreatic duct using ultrathin SpyGlass DS endoscope.

Material And Methods: The study included 29 patients with chronic calcifying pancreatitis and obstructive calculi of the main pancreatic duct. All surgeries were carried out between 2018 and 2023.

[Retrograde cholangioscopy in differential diagnosis of parasitic invasion].

The authors present differential diagnosis of parasitic invasion of the common bile duct. A 52-year-old patient admitted with malignant bile duct obstruction, mechanical jaundice, cholestatic hepatitis and cholangitis. Bile duct tumor was preliminary diagnosed according to anamnesis, complaints, physical, laboratory and instrumental data.

[Minimally invasive treatment of post-burn esophageal perforation].

Perforation of the esophagus is a serious and dangerous condition due to progressive development of mediastinitis and sepsis. This disease is often fatal. In the last decade, endoscopic stenting of the esophagus became more common in these patients as an alternative to traditional surgery.

[Endoscopic ligation in treatment and prevention of bleeding from esophageal varices].

Aim: To demonstrate the efficacy of endoscopic ligation in treatment and prevention of bleeding from esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension.

Material And Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 338 patients with liver cirrhosis who underwent ligation for the period 2009 - May 2016. There were 209 (61.

[Endoscopic transpapillary interventions in diagnostics and treatment of patients with diseases of the pancreatobiliary area].

It was performed analysis of efficiency of endoscopic retrograde transpapillary interventions in diagnostics and treatment of 1513 patients with diseases of the pancreatobiliary area for the period 2008--2012. About half of patients had choledocholithiasis. There were tumors in 9.