PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Dumot, John A.
TI  - ERCP: Current uses and less-invasive options
DP  - 2006 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 418--442
VI  - 73
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/73/5/418.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/73/5/418.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2006 May 01; 73
AB  - Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is well suited for the evaluation and treatment of diseases of the bile ducts and pancreas, but it carries the risk of inducing pancreatitis. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and endoscopic ultrasonography have exceptional value in imaging the gallbladder, common hepatic duct, common bile duct, and pancreas. These imaging studies have replaced ERCP for diagnostic purposes in patients with a low pretest probability of finding lesions amenable to endoscopic therapy, such as bile duct stones.