ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with Roux-en-Y anatomy is challenging. Single-balloon enteroscopy-assisted ERCP (SBE-ERCP) is an innovative alternative to reach the bile duct. OBJECTIVE: to report our experience in SBE-ERCP in patients who presented with Roux-en-Y anatomy and choledocholithiasis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: patients who presented choledocholithiasis and underwent SBE-ERCP between January 2018 and April 2020 were retrospectively identified via medical records and the digestive endoscopy database. Enteroscopy success was defined as reaching the biliary limb and papilla identification. ERCP diagnostic success was defined as a successful duct cannulation and cholangiography, and ERCP procedural success was defined as the ability to successfully carry out choledocholithiasis extraction. Complications of ERCP were defined according to standard criteria. RESULTS: a total of eleven patients (two females) with a mean age of 81 years (range 60-91 years) with Roux-en-Y anastomosis underwent ERCP using a SBE on 13 occasions. The indication for all procedures was choledocholithiasis, which had been previously confirmed by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). Enteroscopy success occurred in 13/13 (100 %) of procedures. Overall ERCP diagnostic success was achieved in 11/13 (84.6 %) of procedures. The ERCP procedural success was obtained in 11/11 (100 %) of patients (84.6 % of procedures). A mild pancreatitis occurred in a patient with native papilla. CONCLUSIONS: SBE-ERCP is feasible, efficacious and safe in patients with postsurgical Roux-en-Y anatomy and choledocholithiasis. Technical improvements may mean better outcomes
No disponible
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Middle Aged , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Balloon Enteroscopy/methods , Single-Balloon Enteroscopy/methods , Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y/methods , Choledocholithiasis/therapy , Cholestasis/therapy , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with Roux-en-Y anatomy is challenging. Single-balloon enteroscopy-assisted ERCP (SBE-ERCP) is an innovative alternative to reach the bile duct. OBJECTIVE: to report our experience in SBE-ERCP in patients who presented with Roux-en-Y anatomy and choledocholithiasis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: patients who presented choledocholithiasis and underwent SBE-ERCP between January 2018 and April 2020 were retrospectively identified via medical records and the digestive endoscopy database. Enteroscopy success was defined as reaching the biliary limb and papilla identification. ERCP diagnostic success was defined as a successful duct cannulation and cholangiography, and ERCP procedural success was defined as the ability to successfully carry out choledocholithiasis extraction. Complications of ERCP were defined according to standard criteria. RESULTS: a total of eleven patients (two females) with a mean age of 81 years (range 60-91 years) with Roux-en-Y anastomosis underwent ERCP using a SBE on 13 occasions. The indication for all procedures was choledocholithiasis, which had been previously confirmed by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). Enteroscopy success occurred in 13/13 (100 %) of procedures. Overall ERCP diagnostic success was achieved in 11/13 (84.6 %) of procedures. The ERCP procedural success was obtained in 11/11 (100 %) of patients (84.6 % of procedures). A mild pancreatitis occurred in a patient with native papilla. CONCLUSIONS: SBE-ERCP is feasible, efficacious and safe in patients with postsurgical Roux-en-Y anatomy and choledocholithiasis. Technical improvements may mean better outcomes.
Subject(s)
Choledocholithiasis , Single-Balloon Enteroscopy , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y , Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde , Choledocholithiasis/diagnostic imaging , Choledocholithiasis/surgery , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
La colangiopancreatografía retrógrada endoscópica (CPRE) es la técnica de elección para el tratamiento de diferentes enfermedades biliopancreáticas. La canulación selectiva del conducto deseado (biliar o pancreático) es el punto clave inicial del objetivo terapéutico. Actualmente, la forma más utilizada para conseguir el acceso a la vía biliar, y que podemos denominar "técnica estándar", es la que emplea un esfinterótomo asociado con una guía hidrófila. Cuando dicha canulación estándar falla, existen diferentes alternativas que nos permitirán conseguir la canulación en un alto porcentaje de pacientes. En situaciones de canulación difícil, las técnicas de rescate a utilizar pueden estar condicionadas, entre otras, por el perfil de riesgo de complicaciones del paciente, por la experiencia o las preferencias del endoscopista y por haber conseguido o no previamente la canulación del conducto pancreático. Si se consiguió la canulación del conducto pancreático puede intentarse la técnica de doble guía, la esfinterotomía transpancreática y el precorte de aguja sobre prótesis pancreática. Si no se consiguió la canulación del conducto pancreático, probablemente la mejor opción sea una fistulotomía. Es conveniente conocer, en el contexto de una canulación difícil, cuándo hay que decidir la finalización de la prueba, principalmente si no existe una urgencia de drenaje de la vía biliar para el paciente. En estos casos debemos considerar repetir el procedimiento unos días más tarde. Si la urgencia del paciente es evidente, puede intentarse el acceso de la vía biliar asistido por técnicas alternativas.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the technique of choice in treating different biliopancreatic diseases. Selective cannulation of the desired duct (biliary or pancreatic) is the initial key point of the therapeutic goal. Currently, the most used method to obtain access to the bile duct is what we can call "standard technique", which uses the sphincterotome associated with a hydrophilic guide. When such standard cannulation fails, there are different alternatives that will allow us to achieve cannulation in a high percentage of patients. In situations of difficult cannulation the rescue techniques may be conditioned by the risk profile of the patient's complications, by the experience and/or preferences of the endoscopist, or by whether or not he has previously been able to cannulate the pancreatic duct. If cannulation of the pancreatic duct is achieved, the double guide technique, and needle precut on pancreatic prosthesis can be attempted. If cannulation of the pancreatic duct is not achieved, fistulotomy is probably the best option. In the case of a difficult cannulation, it is important to know when to decide the end of the test, especially if there is no urgency to drain the bile duct. In these cases we should consider repeating the procedure a few days later. If the patient's urgency is evident, access to the bile duct assisted by alternative techniques can be attempted.
