Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) remains the gold standard for the diagnosis and treatment of biliopancreatic disorders, and over one million ERCP procedures are performed each year worldwide. ERCP has always been performed by a group of courageous endoscopists who on a daily basis managed to develop its full diagnostic and therapeutic potential over the technique's 50 years of lifespan, always making the most of radiographic images, ever secretly dreaming of directly viewing the banned, consigned-to-oblivion territory.
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