Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pneumothorax: Report of two cases and literature review.
Ashish Kumar JhaPraveen JhaRajeev Nayan PriyadarshiSanjeev Kumar JhaShubham PurkayasthaRakesh KumarPublished in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2018)
Pneumothorax is a very rare complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Here, we report two cases of pneumothorax following ERCP and sphincterotomy for choledocholithiasis. Patient was treated successfully with laprotomy and repair of a rent in the posterolateral wall of the second portion of duodenum. We also review the literature.