Endoscopic Retrograde Choledochopancreatography
Aug.05, 2009 in
Liver and Biliary Tract Tests
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Endoscopic retrograde choledochopancreatography entails passing a special endoscopic tube system into the duodenum, entering the pancreatic duct or the common bile duct with the end of a cannula, and injecting x-ray contrast material. The procedure is used predominantly for diagnosis of pancreatic disease, but it may occasionally be helpful in equivocal cases of biliary tract […]