refinement of endoscopic methods, search for an effective pharmacological agent for prophylaxis, and prophylactic placement of a pancreatic duct stent in high-risk patients. A proper understanding ...

A more detailed patient history revealed that endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and stent placement had been performed 6 years previously. The patient had not attended the ...

Excluded from the study were patients with WOPN located > 1.5 cm from the gastrointestinal lumen, patients with coagulopathy, patients who underwent only an endoscopic retrograde ...