Melih YUKSEL, Murat YİLDAR, Erdogan BULBUL

The Role of MRCP on Management of the Acute Biliary Pancreatitis

Acute pancreatitis (AP) an acute inflammation of the pancreas, is the most common cause of admission to hospital because of acute gastro-intestinal tract in the USA. In etiology, factors such as cholelithiasis, alcohol, drugs, hypertriglyceridemia, and sphincter of oddi dysfunction play a role. Acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP) constitutes %40 of all pancreatitis cases. The management of patients with ABP are vital for the cases in which choledocholithiazis exists. This review focuses on the management of such patients. The timing of ERCP and the use of MRCP was investigated in this review. For this review, various studies and reviews were critically evaluated.

Keywords:

Acute Biliary Pancreatitis Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography, Common bile duct, Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography,

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