A prospective study of ERCP in the investigation of the patients after acute non-alcoholic pancreatitis.
ERCP was shown to be a safe diagnostic procedure within one week of resolution from acute pancreatitis in 46 patients. The bile duct was cannulated successfully in 95.7 per cent and the pancreatic duct in 89.1 per cent. The most common etiological factors in non-alcoholic acute pancreatitis were gall stone diseases (52.2%). ERCP was accurate in demonstrating the biliary causes of acute pancreatitis, and should be considered as a routine investigation for all suspected patients.
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Department of Medicine, Police General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies