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Cureus
November 2024
Surgery, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Gainesville, USA.
Gallbladder rupture, though rare, is a serious complication often arising from choledocholithiasis and subsequent interventions such as endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). In this case, the patient presented with acute choledocholithiasis and underwent ERCP with sphincterotomy and stone extraction, followed by placement of a fully covered metal stent in the common bile duct (CBD). While the use of covered stents is appropriate, it is important to note that these stents can obstruct the cystic duct orifice in patients with a gallbladder.
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December 2024
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Background & Aims: Pancreatitis is the most common serious adverse event associated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). This meta-analysis aimed to precisely assess the risk factors for post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP).
Methods: We searched electronic databases for studies that assessed risk factors for PEP after adjusting for ≥3 risk factors, including at least one pre-specified patient-related and one procedure-related risk factor, and reported the data as adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals.
J Clin Med
December 2024
Ghent University Hospital, Coupure Rechts 136, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Risk factors for post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) complications have been extensively studied and are well established; most complications are mild and self-limiting. This study aims to identify patients at risk of severe early post-ERCP complications. We conducted a retrospective cohort study with data from 2810 ERCP procedures performed at Ghent University Hospital between 2016 and 2022.
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December 2024
Transplant Institute, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 41345, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Background: In biliary cancer, the indication of endoscopic intervention might be diagnostic as well as therapeutic, in the latter situation with the aim to relieve biliary obstruction e.g. by stenting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Case Rep
December 2024
General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, NHS Lanarkshire, Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, UK.
Pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) is a rare complication of chronic pancreatitis, which clinically presents as a pleural effusion and often with an absence of typical abdominal symptoms associated with pancreatic disease.We describe a man in his early 50s who presented to the emergency department with pleuritic chest pain and progressive breathlessness with a history of alcohol excess. Chest X-ray demonstrated a bilateral pleural effusion with a dark red amylase-rich exudate on needle aspiration, necessitating a chest drain insertion.
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