Early endoscopic therapy for acute biliary pancreatitis / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effect of duodenoscopy in the early treatment of acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP).Methods Twenty ABP cases admitted from Oct.2000 to Mar.2004 received emergent endoscopic retrograde cholongiopancreatography (ERCP), sphincterotomy (EST) plus endoscopic lithotomy and endoscope naso-biliary drainage (ENBD).Other 16 cases were treated with conservative therapy or open surgery.Results Successful rate of endoscopic management was 95%.There were no severe complications nor mortality in this group.The duration of symptoms and hospitalization in endoscopy group were significantly shorter than control group ( P