Trends in the Utilization of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the United States

Abstract

The utilization of ERCP dramatically increased from 1988 to 1996; however, since the advent of noninvasive diagnostic techniques such as endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), there has been a steady decline in the utilization of diagnostic ERCPs from 1996 to 2002.