OMED E-Newsletter Issue 9, 2010: NYSGE Syllabus
Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
By Prateek Sharma, M.D.
The New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy is the largest regional GI endoscopy society in the United States. The Society is dedicated to the teaching and advancement of gastrointestinal endoscopy. The society runs numerous programs throughout the year, including an annual fellow’s endoscopy course each summer, and a major postgraduate endoscopy conference each fall. The next course will be held at the Marriott Marquis in New York during December 15-18, 2010.
Each month a syllabus entry from the 32nd Annual New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Course can be accessed here. This month the entry is entitled ‘Post-ERCP Pancreatitis’ by Seth A. Cohen, M.D.
Post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP), along with failure to achieve technical success in all patients, remains the Achilles heel of therapeutic ERCP. In unselected series the rate of post-ERCP pancreatitis varies between 5 and 10 %; most of these cases are mild, but some are moderate and less commonly some are severe. Severe PEP is a devastating illness for the patient and the endoscopist, as well as a drain on resources. The question is what can be done to minimize post-ERCP pancreatitis.
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