The primary role of ERCP in the management of CCA is to provide palliation of obstructive jaundice in patients with a limited life expectancy. The aims of palliation are the relief of jaundice and ...
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 ...