The Role of Surveillance Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Preventing Episodic Cholangitis in Patients with Recurrent Common Bile Duct Stones

Abstract

In a subgroup of patients with multiple common bile duct stone recurrences, annual surveillance ERCP with stone removal decreases the incidence of recurrent episodes of ascending cholangitis as well as its associated morbidity and mortality.