[Endoscopic papillotomy. Indications and limitations]

Personal experience of 161 cases of endoscopic papillotomy (EP) is reported. Indications and contra-indications are considered in relation to the therapeutic effectiveness of the technique and to the lower percentage of morbidity and mortality connected to it with respect to that following on laparatomic surgery. On the basis of results obtained and of the data reported in the literature, it is pointed out that EP represents real progress in the treatment of calculosis of the hepatocholedochus and of stenosing papillitis.