Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography is a procedure that combines the use of endoscopy and x-ray guidance, to examine and/or treat problems with the bile ducts, gallbladder, liver and pancreas. During an ERCP your endoscopist passes a long flexible tube containing a camera and light through your mouth, over the back of your tongue, down your oesophagus (gullet), into your stomach to the first part of the small bowel (duodenum). Through the endoscope, the endoscopist can view the opening (ampulla) where the bile duct drains into the bowel and enables injection of contrast dye into the ducts in the biliary tree so they can be seen on x-ray and treatment performed through the endoscope.
Having an Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP)
