ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics and postoperative complications of elderly patients with biliary pancreatic disease treated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogra. Methods The clinical data of 236 patients with ERCP were analyzed retrospectively. According to the age of over 80 years or not, the patients were divided into the elderly group and non-elderly group, and the clinical characteristics and complications of elderly patients were explored. Results In 116 cases of elderly patients, the common bile duct stones also were the primary disease, but the proportion of malignant obstructive jaundice was significantly increased. Compared with the non-elderly patients, the incidence of hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, COPD and duodenal papillary diverticulum were increased significantly in the elderly group. Moreover, the proportion of biliary stent implantation were increased significantly. The incidence of postoperative bleeding in the elderly patients were significantly higher than that in the non-elderly patients, and the high risk factors might be primary malignant obstructive jaundice, with hypertension, coronary heart disease and duodenal papillary diverticulum. Conclusion The prevalence of malignant diseases in elderly patients was increased, and they have a lot of complications, such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, COPD and duodenal papillary diverticulum, which resulting in increased risk of postoperative bleeding. In general, therapeutic ERCP was safe and effective for elderly patients with biliary pancreatic diseases.