Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for children with pancreaticobiliary diseases: a large-scale study / 中华消化内镜杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the efficacy and safety of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ( ERCP ) for the diagnosis and treatment of children with pancreaticobiliary diseases. Methods Clinical data of 115 children with pancreaticobiliary diseases who underwent ERCP between July 2006 and June 2016 at Hangzhou First People' s Hospital were reviewed. Anesthesia types, therapeutic methods,success rate and postoperative complications were summarized. Results A total of 221 ERCP procedures were performed on 115 patients. Eighty one cases were diagnosed as common bile duct stones, 22 bile duct cysts, 3 biliary ascariasis, 66 chronic pancreatitis, 45 pancreas divisum, and 43 acute pancreatitis. Thirty-one procedures were performed under general anesthesia. Dissection of pancreatic duct and biliary duct, calculus removal, insertion of pancreatic duct and biliary duct, and draining in pancreatic duct or biliary duct were performed. The success rate of the ERCP procedure was 98. 6％ ( 218/221) with complication rate of 7. 2％( 16/221 ) . In terms of postoperative complications, post-ERCP pancreatitisoccurred in 7 ( 3. 2％) cases, bleeding in 5 ( 2. 3％) , and postoperative cholangitis in 4 ( 1. 8％) . All the complications were cured after treatment. Conclusion Congenital anatomic anomalies are common in children with pancreaticobiliary diseases. Early diagnosis and treatment of ERCP by an experienced endoscopist for children with pancreaticobiliary diseases is effective and safe.