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Splenic Injury Following Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography – A Role for Angioembolization

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Abstract

Teaching Point: Splenic injury is an uncommon complication after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), requiring a high degree of suspicion in a patient who develops abdominal pain and/or hypotension after ERCP; in the appropriately selected patient splenic angioembolization can be the first-line treatment option.

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ERCPSplenic hematomaangioembolizationjaundice
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 106 Issue: 1
  • Page/Article: 74
  • DOI: 10.5334/jbsr.2843
  • Submitted on 14 May 2022
  • Accepted on 27 Jul 2022
  • Published on 11 Aug 2022