Intestinal perforations after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the United States: a 16-year study using the national inpatient sample.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients who have ERCP related perforations have longer hospital stays and have a higher mortality risk. Older patients and those who had ERCP in teaching hospitals are at a higher risk of perforation.
PMID: 32492997 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Gastroenterologica e Dietologica - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol Source Type: research
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