Positive correlation between pancreatic volume and post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis.
Hirotsugu MaruyamaMasatsugu ShibaYuki Ishikawa-KakiyaKunihiro KatoMasaki OminamiShusei FukunagaKoji OtaniShuhei HosomiFumio TanakaNoriko KamataKoichi TairaYasuaki NagamiHirokazu YamagamiTetsuya TanigawaToshio WatanabeAkira YamamotoDaijiro KabataAyumi ShintaniYasuhiro FujiwaraPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2019)
A large pancreatic volume was identified as a risk factor for PEP. The results of this study suggest that pre-ERCP images might be useful for predicting PEP.