ERCP in patients over 80 years – experiences in our department

Introduction: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is one of the most troublesome endoscopic procedure that involves significant risk of complications. In patients over 80 years the possibility to have considerable comorbidities is high, which can lead to increase this risk. Our aim was to analyse our practice in this subgroup of patients, retrospectively. Patients and methods: We performed 257 ERCPs in a half year period. 41 of them was done in 25 patients over 80 years. In 15 pts one session was necessary while in 10 cases repeated ERCPs (2–4) was needed. The indication of ERCPs was obstructiv…