Successfull treatment of acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP) with small caliber pancreatic stents in patients with or without comcomittant biliary sphincterotomy

Introduction: Patients (pts) with ABP may benefit from early ERCP, EST and ductal decompression. Small calibre pancreatic stents are increasingly applied to prevent post-ERCP pancreatitis, might also be useful to facilitate pancreatic drainage and to reverse the acute pancreatitis induced by temporary papillary occlusion due to impacted stones. The aim of this pilot study was to access the effect of emergency ERCP and PD stenting on the clinical outcome of ABP pts. Methods: During the last year 65 consecutive pts with ABP was referred to emergency ERCP. Non-alcoholic pts with acute pancreatitis associated with b…