Ercp Surgery. The procedure is quite safe and is associated with a very low risk when it is performed by experienced physicians. Your bile ducts are tubes that carry bile from your liver to your gallbladder and duodenum.
During this test a flexible tube with a light on the end called an endoscope is passed through the mouth the esophagus and the stomach and into the first part of the small intestine. For ercp your doctor uses a flexible lighted tube called an endoscope. Ercp can be performed for diagnostic and therapeutic reasons although the development of safer and relatively non invasive investigations such as.
These tubes are near your stomach.
Ercp short for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is a procedure used to diagnose diseases of the gallbladder biliary system pancreas and liver. Ercp can be performed for diagnostic and therapeutic reasons although the development of safer and relatively non invasive investigations such as. It combines x ray and the use of an endoscope a long flexible lighted tube. Ercp is a highly specialized procedure which requires a lot of experience and skill.
