title: Endoscopic sphincterotomy in clinical practice.
abstract: Endoscopic sphincterotomy was performed in 22 patients with biliary obstruction. Nineteen patients had obstructing choledocholithiasis and three patients had distal common-bileduct obstruction due to malignant disease. All patients had excellent biliary decompression. Three patients had complications that responded to medical management. Endoscopic sphincterotomy is a safe and effective procedure for the nonsurgical management of obstructive-biliary-tract disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000601:surgery*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000628:therapy*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009803:Sphincter of Oddi / Q000601:surgery*