for this procedure. Tell your doctor if you are allergic to dye or shellfish.
Your doctor may give you a drug to empty out your stomach and intestines before the procedure.When you need to stop eating or drinking before your procedure.You will not be allowed to drive right away after the procedure. Ask a family member or a friend to drive you home.
What happens during the procedure?
- Once you are in the procedure room, you will be given a drug to make you sleepy. It will also help you stay pain free during the procedure. The staff will put an I.V. in your arm to give you fluids and drugs.
- You will lie on your stomach with your head turned to the right.
- Your doctor will spray a numbing drug on the back of your throat. A mouthpiece will be placed in your mouth to keep it open during the procedure.
- Your doctor will put a special scope in your mouth. You will be asked to swallow. This will help the tube go down into your stomach and intestines. The scope has a camera and light that lets the doctor see inside your body. The pictures from the scope will be seen on a monitor in the room.
- Your doctor will pass a tiny tube from the scope into the opening of the bile and pancreatic ducts. A dye is injected into the ducts. This helps them show up more clearly on x-rays.
- The doctor may take out any stones that are seen. Narrow areas will be made wider. Your doctor may also take tissue samples to send to the lab.
- The scope is removed.
- The procedure takes 30 minutes to 2 hours.
What happens after the procedure?
- You will go to the Recovery Room and the staff will watch you closely. Your doctor will tell you when you can go home.
- You may feel pain in your throat after the procedure.
What problems could happen?
- Infection
- Pancreatitis
- Bleeding
Where can I learn more?
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ‚
http://www.asge.org/patients/patients.aspx?id=398 ‚
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse ‚
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ercp/ ‚
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