In adults ERCP and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) are standard methods of evaluating and treating many hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) conditions. HPB disease is being diagnosed with increasing frequency in children but information about role of ERCP and EUS and their outcomes in this population remain limited.
Keane et al BMC Pediatrics (2018) 18:42 DOI 10.1186/s12887-017-0959-9 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Paediatric pancreaticobiliary endoscopy: a 21-year experience from a tertiary hepatobiliary centre and systematic literature review Margaret G Keane1, Mayur Kumar2, Natascha Cieplik1, Douglas Thorburn1, Gavin J Johnson2, George J Webster2, Michael H Chapman2, Keith J Lindley3 and Stephen P Pereira1* Abstract Background: In adults ERCP and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) are standard methods of evaluating and treating many hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) conditions HPB disease is being diagnosed with increasing frequency in children but information about role of ERCP and EUS and their outcomes in this population remain limited Therefore the aims of this study were to describe the paediatric ERCP and EUS experience from a large tertiary referral HPB centre, and to systematically compare outcomes with those of other published series Methods: All patients