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The role of endoscopic therapy in chronic pancreatitis-induced common bile duct strictures
1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America
|February 14, 1998
Abstract:
During endoscopic retrograde cholangiography, common bile duct strictures are encountered in up to 30% of patients with chronic pancreatitis. The indications for treatment of these strictures are discussed. A surgical biliodigestive anastomosis has always been the traditional treatment modality. Not all patients need treatment, however, and endoscopic biliary drainage is the treatment of choice for certain subgroups of patients.