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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a combined endoscopic and radiologic procedure used for diagnostic and, more commonly, therapeutic interventions within the pancreatic and biliary tree. Although interventional radiology and interventional endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) approaches exist, ERCP has been and remains…
Background and Definitions The pancreas arises in utero from the fusion of the ventral and dorsal pancreatic buds. The dorsal pancreatic bud gives rise to the pancreatic body and tail, and the ventral pancreatic bud gives rise to the pancreatic…