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Determining the cause of acute pancreatitis (AP) is usually not difficult. AP results most commonly from alcohol abuse or gallstone disease. These etiologies account for 60% to 90% of the cases ( Box 52.1 ). Box 52.1 Etiologies of Acute…
Introduction Endoscopic cannulation of the major papilla with imaging of the biliary tree and the pancreatic ductal system (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography [ERCP]) was first successfully accomplished with an end-viewing duodenoscope and reported in 1968. Subsequent development of side-viewing endoscopes with…