← Return to Anyone have an abnormal imaging of liver and pancreas?

Discussion
Comment receiving replies
@bebold

Pancreas endoscopy. Never heard of it. Thanks.

"Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) combines the use of a thin, flexible tube (endoscope) inserted into the gastrointestinal tract and a device that uses sound waves to create images (ultrasound). The high-frequency sound waves produce detailed images of the digestive tract and surrounding organs and tissues, including the lungs, pancreas, gall bladder, liver and lymph nodes.
ERCP is used to look for blocked bile ducts in the pancreas. It uses an endoscope to put dye into the pancreas so that the doctor can take an X-ray. An ERCP can take between 30-60 minutes. People usually have a local anaesthetic and a sedative. In rare cases people have a general anaesthetic. A few people we spoke to chose not to have a sedative for their first endoscopy but asked for one if they had to have the procedure again."

Just fyi about the sedative.

Jump to this post


Replies to "Pancreas endoscopy. Never heard of it. Thanks. "Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) combines the use of a..."

Are you kidding? I had an EUS/ERCP last year and was completely under! Even just having an endoscopy without the fancy stuff, I was under anesthesia. I'm not sure where you got that from. Scary stuff for sure, lol.