[Endoscopy in diseases of the bile ducts and pancreas]

The results of endoscopic therapeutic methods (EST, TPCD), which changed the therapy of the frequent biliary duct and of the diseases of the pancreas, are discussed and the literature and treatment of our own patients are discussed. The choice of optimal therapy for the patient is possible only if endoscopic methods are part of a combined endoscopic-surgical concept of therapy selected in close cooperation with the surgeon. The therapy of cholelithiasis and acute pancreatitis are used as examples.