Anderloni A, Repici A. Role and timing of endoscopy in acute biliary pancreatitis. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(40): 11205-11208 [PMID: 26527465 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i40.11205]
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Andrea Anderloni, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy. andrea.anderloni@humanitas.it
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2015; 21(40): 11205-11208 Published online Oct 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i40.11205
Role and timing of endoscopy in acute biliary pancreatitis
Andrea Anderloni, Alessandro Repici
Andrea Anderloni, Alessandro Repici, Department of Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy
Author contributions: Anderloni A designed and wrote the editorial; and Repici A contributed to review the paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have none to declare.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Andrea Anderloni, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy. andrea.anderloni@humanitas.it
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Received: March 8, 2015 Peer-review started: March 11, 2015 First decision: June 2, 2015 Revised: July 2, 2015 Accepted: September 13, 2015 Article in press: September 14, 2015 Published online: October 28, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: Although several reports have been published on role and timing of endoscopy in the treatment of acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP), there are still some controversial in this subject. In clinical practice the decision to perform an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is often based on biochemical and radiological criteria despite they already have been shown to be unreliable predictors of common bile duct (CBD) stone presence. Both magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) are now indicated as the best noninvasive imaging methods for CBD stone detection. Early EUS in ABP allows, if appropriate, immediate endoscopic treatment and significant spare of unnecessary operative procedures thus reducing possible related complications.
