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| Comparison of the effects of retrieval balloons and basket catheters for bile duct stone removal on the rate of post-ERCP pancreatitis |
| Kotaro Takeshita ∗, Satoshi Asai , Naoki Fujimoto , Takumi Ichinona , Eisuke Akamine |
Department of Gastroenterology, Tane General Hospital, Osaka 550-0025, Japan
∗ Corresponding author.
E-mail address: k.takeshita@tane.or.jp (K. Takeshita). |
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Abstract Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is one of the most important techniques for diagnosis and treatment in pancreatobiliary medicine. Post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) is a common complication of ERCP with incidence about 3.8%-15.1% [1-4].
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