TY - JOUR
T1 - Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: A comprehensive review as a single diagnostic tool
AU - Papaefthymiou, Apostolis
AU - Landi, Rosario
AU - Arvanitakis, Marianna
AU - Tringali, Andrea
AU - Gkolfakis, Paraskevas
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was initially introduced in clinical practice as diagnostic tool. However, the presence of adverse events and the development of non-invasive techniques, such as magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), limited its role as a stand-alone diagnostic choice, modifying its role to the leader of therapeutic pancreatobiliary endoscopy. Despite technological advances, there are still conditions where non-invasive diagnostic modalities are inconclusive,
such as indeterminate biliary and pancreatic duct strictures, primary sclerosing cholangitis functional stenoses, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) and paediatric indications, such as congenital anatomical abnormalities. This narrative review aimed to identify and analyse indications of diagnostic ERCP, without the need for therapeutic manipulations.
AB - Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was initially introduced in clinical practice as diagnostic tool. However, the presence of adverse events and the development of non-invasive techniques, such as magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), limited its role as a stand-alone diagnostic choice, modifying its role to the leader of therapeutic pancreatobiliary endoscopy. Despite technological advances, there are still conditions where non-invasive diagnostic modalities are inconclusive,
such as indeterminate biliary and pancreatic duct strictures, primary sclerosing cholangitis functional stenoses, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) and paediatric indications, such as congenital anatomical abnormalities. This narrative review aimed to identify and analyse indications of diagnostic ERCP, without the need for therapeutic manipulations.
KW - ERCP
KW - Pancreatoscopy
KW - cholangioscopy
KW - ERCP
KW - Pancreatoscopy
KW - cholangioscopy
UR - https://publicatt.unicatt.it/handle/10807/303397
U2 - 10.1016/j.bpg.2025.101976
DO - 10.1016/j.bpg.2025.101976
M3 - Article
SN - 1521-6918
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology
JF - Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology
IS - NA
ER -