Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 6 , Pages 419-424, June 2010

Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided cholangiopancreatography and rendezvous techniques

  • Vanessa M. Shami
    • ,
  • Michel Kahaleh

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Digestive Health Center of Excellence, MSB 2153, Box 800708 University of Virginia Health System Charlottesville, VA 22908-0708, United States. Tel.: +1 434 243 9259; fax: +1 434 924 0491.

Digestive Health Center of Excellence, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Received 11 August 2009; accepted 24 September 2009. published online 09 November 2009.

Abstract 

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided cholangiopancreatography (EUCP) has become an alternative to percutaneous drainage or surgery in patients with obstructive jaundice or pancreatic obstruction after failed conventional ERCP. The different techniques of biliary and pancreatic drainage are described and the literature is reviewed. Due to the technical complexity associated with this procedure, it should be reserved for endoscopists at tertiary care centers with advanced training in both EUS and ERCP.

Keywords: ERCP, EUS, EUS-guided ERCP, Rendezvous

 

PII: S1590-8658(09)00395-8

doi:10.1016/j.dld.2009.09.009

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 6 , Pages 419-424, June 2010

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