Balloon-enteroscopy-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has limited efficacy for stone removal in patients with altered surgical anatomy Laparoscopic-access ERCP and ...

Renal stone location does not significantly affect stone clearance rates in patients undergoing endoscopic lithotripsy, investigators conclude. Adam E. Perlmutter, DO, and colleagues at West Virginia ...

Background: Lethal pancreatitis has been reported after treatment for common bile duct stones using small endoscopic papillary balloon dilation. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the safety and ...

We describe a case of minimally invasive endoscopic technique used in the treatment of a large calculus in the intestinal neobladder. The patient had the intestinal bladder created by means of the ...

The focus of this teaching conference then shifted to a discussion of the important and relatively common problem of difficult-to-remove bile duct stones. First, Dr. Carr-Locke shared his expertise in ...