SAN DIEGO -- Minor papilla endoscopic sphincterotomy did not reduce the risk of acute pancreatitis in patients with acute recurrent pancreatitis and pancreas divisum, a sham-controlled randomized ...

Iraq: A recent study has revealed that the addition of lateral internal sphincterotomy to standard open haemorrhoidectomy ...

A lateral internal sphincterotomy is an outpatient surgery during which the sphincter is cut or stretched to help anal fissures heal. Some practices may help support recovery. The sphincter is the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Endoscopic sphincterotomy performed before endoscopic biliary stenting may prevent post-endoscopic retrograde ...

IT is now generally accepted that there are two types of acute pancreatitis: acute pancreatic edema, and acute pancreatic necrosis. Repeated attacks of acute pancreatitis are classified as chronic ...

THE management of the patient with recurrent pancreatitis is controversial. It will probably continue to be so until there is a better understanding of the underlying causative mechanisms. Of the ...

Both endoscopic ultrasound–guided rendezvous (EUS-RV) and precut sphincterotomy are equally effective salvage techniques for patients with benign biliary obstruction and difficult bile duct ...

(HealthDay News) — For patients who have undergone cholecystectomy and experience abdominal pain, sphincterotomy is not associated with pain relief, according to a study published in the May 28 issue ...

Endoscopic sphincterectomy was no better than a sham procedure in reducing unexplained postcholecystectomy pain, regardless of whether manometry shows abnormal sphincter pressure, according to a new ...

The gold-standard treatment for patients with chronic anal fissure (CAF) is lateral internal sphincterotomy (LIS). Few studies have assessed the impact of this procedure with regard to quality of life ...