Biliary-pancreatic endoscopic and surgical procedures in patients under dual antiplatelet therapy: A single-center study

Aims: Despite the widespread use of dual antiplatelet therapy after coronary interventions, the optimal management of patients on these drugs undergoing surgical or endoscopic procedures is still unclear. As no data are available on the potential risk of bleeding in this setting, it was the aim of our study to report the outcome of our patients who underwent endoscopic sphincterotomy or biliary-pancreatic surgery while under dual antiplatelet therapy. Patients and methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of all patients, who underwent biliary-pancreatic surgery or ERCP with ES in our hospital (De…