ERCP helps providers identify and diagnose conditions related to your ducts, like gallstones, tumors and strictures. Through the endoscope, they can also treat them during the procedure. During an ERCP, a tiny endoscope passes from your …

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a technique that uses images from a dedicated camera and X-ray to view the bile and pancreatic ducts (figure 1).

Endoscopic technique for radiologic visualization of the biliary and/or pancreatic ducts. Jaundice of undetermined etiology. Biliary obstruction, extrinsic or intrinsic (e.g., stones, tumor, stricture, sclerosing cholangitis, papillary stenosis). Suspected or known pancreatic disease, including pancreas divisum.

Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) is one of the more technically challenging procedures for an endoscopy nurse. It is a procedure that allows physician to diagnose and perform therapeutics on problems in the liver biliary pancreatic system. The procedure combines endoscopy techniques with X-ray.

It was developed as an overview of techniques currently favored for the performance and training in endoscopic retro-grade cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and to serve as a guide to published references, videos, and other resources available to the trainer.

Are you scheduled to have a ERCP procedure with Digestive Healthcare of Georgia? Visit our website to learn more about the procedure and obtain details about ERCP Prep including a pre-procedure checklist and list of instructions to follow.

May 20, 2003 · Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography (ERCP) allows a detailed examination of the bile ducts, the pancreatic duct and the gallbladder using a combination of endoscopic and radiographic techniques.

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) allows direct visualization of the pancreatic and biliary ducts with a flexible endoscope and, after injection of contrast material, with x-rays. It allows the healthcare provider (HCP) performing the procedure to view the pancreatic, hepatic, and common bile ducts and the ampulla of Vater.

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or ERCP, is an endoscopic test that is used to examine and treat problems of the bile ducts, pancreatic ducts, and gallbladder. Bile ducts are the tubes that drain bile from the liver and pancreatic ducts drain pancreatic juice from the pancreas.

Mar 6, 2016 · The main objectives of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are to gain access to the biliary system or the pancreatic duct via the major duodenal papilla in the second...