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Prospective Risk Assessment of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiography in Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

DOI

59

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0

References

2000

Year

Susan Hazel, F. H. J. Wolfhagen, Henk R. van Buuren, Paul C. van de Meeberg, representing the Dutch PSC study group D. J. van Leeuwen
Endoscopy

Abstract

ERCP is a safe method for establishing the diagnosis of PSC in asymptomatic patients (2 % complication rate). Although ERCP in symptomatic patients carries a higher risk (14%), this can be justified by the benefits of endoscopic therapy.