Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or ERCP, is a technique that combines endoscopy and fluoroscopy to diagnose and treat certain problems of the biliary or pancreatic ductal systems. It is primarily performed by highly skilled, specialty-trained gastroenterologists, who use the endoscope to see the inside of the stomach and duodenum and inject a contrast medium into the ducts of the biliary tree or pancreas so they can be seen on radiographs.
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Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoscopic_retrograde_cholangiopancreatography, lead sectionQuote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoscopic_retrograde_cholangiopancreatography, lead section
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a technique that combines the use of endoscopy and fluoroscopy to diagnose and treat certain problems of the biliary or pancreatic ductal systems.
2. One Hundred Most Cited Articles Related to ERCP: A Bibliometric Analysis (Frontiers in Surgery)
Xuan Xu and colleagues, Frontiers in Surgery, 2022Background sectionQuote, Background section
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), developed in the late 1960s and first described by American researcher McCune et al. in 1968, is a noninvasive or minimally invasive technique for the diagnosis and treatment of hepatobiliary and pancreatic illnesses (1, 2).
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