Once the stent expands, an attempt to pass a side-viewing scope can be made to perform ERCP. Type II strictures are technically the most challenging due to difficulty in identification of the papilla.

Additionally, none of the patients had evidence (clinical or biochemical) suggestive of cholestasis that could be attributed to stent occlusion. Another study in favor of short-term endoscopic ...

An 88-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with sudden-onset left-sided lower abdominal pain and fever. On physical examination, focal abdominal guarding was noted in the ...