Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- A diagnostic procedure to look for diseases of the liver, bile ducts and pancreas. A flexible tube is put down the throat, through the stomach, and into the small intestine. The doctor can see through the tube and inject dye into the drainage tube (duct) of the pancreas so that the area can be seen more clearly on an x-ray. The ERCP test is uncomfortable but not painful. It is performed under intravenous sedation, usually without general anesthesia, and has a low incidence of complications. ERCP can provide important information unobtainable by other diagnostic means. Therapeutic measures can often be take at the time of ERCP to remove stones in the bile ducts or to relieve
Medical dictionary.
2011.
Look at other dictionaries:
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography — Intervention Duodenoscopic image of two pigment stones extracted from common bile duct after sphincterotomy. ICD 9 CM … Wikipedia
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography — endoscopic retrograde chol·an·gio·pan·cre·atog·ra·phy kə .lan jē ə .paŋ krē ə täg rə fē, .pan n radiographic visualization of the pancreatic and biliary ducts by means of endoscopic injection of a contrast medium through the ampulla of Vater… … Medical dictionary
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography — ERCP. A procedure that uses an endoscope to examine and x ray the pancreatic duct, hepatic duct, common bile duct, duodenal papilla, and gallbladder. An endoscope is a thin, tube like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing. The endoscope… … English dictionary of cancer terms
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography — see ERCP … Medical dictionary
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography — see ERCP … The new mediacal dictionary
Эрхп (Ercp), Холангиопанкреатография Эндоскопическая Ретроградная (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) — исследование, при котором катетер через дуоденоскоп проводится в фатерову (печеночно поджелудочную) ампулу общего желчного протока и под рентгенологическим контролем производится инъекция рентгеноконтрастного вещества. В настоящее время данный… … Медицинские термины
ERCP — Endoscopic Retrograde CholangioPancreatography, a procedure to look for diseases of the liver, bile ducts and pancreas. A flexible tube is put down the throat, through the stomach, and into the small intestine. The tube is passed through a… … Medical dictionary
ERCP — Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. A procedure that uses an endoscope to examine and x ray the pancreatic duct, hepatic duct, common bile duct, duodenal papilla, and gallbladder. An endoscope is a thin, tube like instrument with a… … English dictionary of cancer terms
ERCP — Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (Medical » Laboratory) * Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography (Medical » Physiology) … Abbreviations dictionary
ERCP — Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (Colangiopancreatografía retrógrada endoscópica) … Diccionario de siglas médicas y otras abreviaturas
