Sa1503 EUS-Based ERCP Reduces Risk Exposure in Pregnant Patients With Suspected Choledocholithiasis

Endoscopic ultrasonography

“…The effectivness of combining EUS with ERCP as a means of reducing ERCP-related complications in pregnant patients with suspected choledocholithiasis was the subject of another exciting abstract [15]. Patients at a single center underwent EUS and only those patients with confirmed choledocholithiasis subsequently underwent ERCP with sphincterotomy and stone extraction.…”

Endoscopic ultrasonography

“…The authors recommended that the extrahepatic route should be preferred for EUS rendezvous procedures in patients with distal common bile duct obstruction. The effectivness of combining EUS with ERCP as a means of reducing ERCP-related complications in pregnant patients with suspected choledocholithiasis was the subject of another exciting abstract [15]. Patients at a single center underwent EUS and only those patients with confirmed choledocholithiasis subsequently underwent ERCP with sphincterotomy and stone extraction.…”