Although there are numerous causes of acute pancreatitis, an etiology cannot always be
found. Two potential etiologies, microlithiasis and sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, are …

Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) is a syndrome of chronic biliary pain or recurrent
pancreatitis due to functional obstruction of pancreaticobiliary flow at the level of the …

The objective of the present study was to determine the efficacy of prophylactic
administration of gabexate for the prevention of post-endoscopic retrograde …

Background It has been reported that the administration of ulinastatin, gabexate mesylate, or
somatostatin may be effective in the prevention of post-endoscopic retrograde …

Pancreatitis remains the most common and potentially fatal complication following ERCP.
Various pharmacological agents have been used in an attempt to prevent post-ERCP …

Background Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis (PEP) is
regarded as one of the worrisome complications of endoscopic retrograde …

Some small steps of progress have again been made in endoscopic biliary therapy.
Competing technologies, such as multislice computed tomography and magnetic resonance …