The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Digestive Endoscopy
VOLUME 10, NUMBER 3, December 2009

Serial Cases of Combining ESWL and ERCP Procedures in Management Chronic Pancreatitis and Difficult Bile Duct Stones

Fauzi, Achmad (Unknown)
Rasyid, Nur (Unknown)
Syam, Ari Fahrial (Unknown)
Abdullah, Murdani (Unknown)
Makmun, Dadang (Unknown)
Simadibrata, Marcellus (Unknown)
Manan, Chudahman (Unknown)
Rani, Abdul Aziz (Unknown)
Daldiyono, Daldiyono (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Jan 2009

Abstract

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has an established role in the management of pancreaticductalcalculiandasfurthertreatmentmodalityforlargeordifficultcomplicatedcommon bile duct(CBD)stones. Combinedwithminimally invasive endoscopic procedure suchasendoscopic retrogradecholangio-pancreatography(ERCP),it has replaced open surgeryas theinitial form of therapy. ESWL has also proved to bean effective therapyin treating intrahepaticstones that are refractory toroutine endoscopic extraction.Inthese serialcaseswe presentthree caseswhichusing combinedESWLandERCP procedurestotreatchronicpancreatitispainandgiantCBDstonethat presentinggoodresultsonfollowupwithoutanycomplication.  Keywords:ESWL, ERCP,chronicpancreatitis, CBDstone

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jghe

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy is an academic journal which has been published since 2000 and owned by 3 Societies: The Indonesian Society of Gastroenterology; Indonesian Association for the Study of the Liver; The Indonesian Society for Digestive ...