Is Outpatient ERCP Safe for Choledocholithiasis?

Taskiran I., Odemis B., Yildiz H., PARLAK E.

MEANDROS MEDICAL AND DENTAL JOURNAL, vol.23, no.1, pp.87-93, 2022 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.4274/meros.galenos.2021.70370
  • Journal Name: MEANDROS MEDICAL AND DENTAL JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.87-93
  • Keywords: Amylase, outpatient ERCP, choledocholithiasis, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, EUROPEAN-SOCIETY, COMPLICATIONS, PANCREATITIS
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to compare the complications of outpatient and inpatient endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures in patients with bile duct stones and to investigate whether it is a safe approach to perform outpatient ERCP or not.