(ERCP) Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography is a procedure that allows your doctor to pass a wire or camera in a small tube joining the intestine from the pancreas or liver (bile duct). This is done through special scope called side-view scope.
The most common reasons for ERCP include diagnosis and treatment of :
- Yellow skin and or eye, light stool and dark urine due to obstructive jaundice
- Stones in the bile or pancreas duct
- Suspected strictures of bile duct/ pancreas duct
- Cancer involving bile duct / Pancreatic duct