Year 2023 / Volume 115 / Number 7
Editorial
Fewer endoscopists should perform more ERCPs

353-356

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9507/2022

Jesús García-Cano,

Abstract
This year, 2023, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), which completely changed the management of biliary and pancreatic diseases. As in other invasive procedures, two intrinsically related concepts soon appeared: drainage success and complications. It was observed that ERCP is the most dangerous procedure regularly performed by gastrointestinal endoscopists, with a morbidity and mortality of 5-10 % and 0.1-1 %, respectively. ERCP is by far one of the best examples of a complex endoscopic technique.
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Received: 01/02/2023

Accepted: 02/02/2023

Online First: 22/02/2023

Published: 06/07/2023

Article Online First time: 21 days

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