Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram (ERCP) is a specialized technique for doctors to treat disorders of the liver and pancreas, as well as the bile and pancreatic ducts. A camera, also called an endoscope, allows the specialist to look inside your child’s esophagus, stomach and small intestine and access and treat these disorders. A small opening in your child’s small intestine is identified and a small, plastic tube is passed through the endoscope and into this opening. Dye is injected and X-rays are taken to study the ducts of the pancreas and liver.
Conditions we treat include:
- Acute, recurrent and chronic pancreatitis
- Anatomical complications of the pancreas
- Certain conditions that create jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes)
- Common bile duct and pancreatic duct stone removal
- Complications after liver transplant
- Pancreatic cysts and pseudocysts
- Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency
- Pancreatic trauma