Year 2017 / Volume 109 / Number 11
Case Report
The endoscopic ultrasound-assisted Rendez-Vous technique for treatment of recurrent pancreatitis due to pancreas divisum and ansa pancreatica

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2017.4949/2017

Sergio López-Durán, Celia Zaera, Juan Ángel González-Martín, José Ramón Foruny, Agustín Albillos, Enrique Vázquez-Sequeiros,

Abstract
Endoscopic treatment of pancreatic ductal malformations causing recurrent acute pancreatitis, such as pancreas divisum or ansa pancreatica, is mainly based on the sphincterotomy of the minor papilla. However, the technical complexity of conventional endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is increased in patients presenting anatomical variants like these and it may be unsuccessful. We report the case of a pancreas divisum combined with ansa pancreatica and describe the cannulation and sphincterotomy of the minor papilla using an ultrasound-assisted Rendez-Vous technique.
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López-Durán S, Zaera C, González-Martín J, Foruny J, Albillos A, Vázquez-Sequeiros E, et all. The endoscopic ultrasound-assisted Rendez-Vous technique for treatment of recurrent pancreatitis due to pancreas divisum and ansa pancreatica. 4949/2017


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Received: 13/03/2017

Accepted: 14/07/2017

Online First: 26/10/2017

Published: 02/11/2017

Article revision time: 122 days

Article Online First time: 227 days

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