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Endoscopic Treatment ofAcute Biliary Pancreatitis
Ichiro Yasuda1, Tsuyoshi Mukai2, and Toru Ito
1
Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
2
Department of Gastroenterological Endoscopy, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
2
Pathogenesis ofAcute Biliary Pancreatitis
Acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP) is caused by pancreatic
duct obstruction mainly due to bile duct stones. Once a
bile duct stone is impacted at the common channel or
distal end of the bile duct, pancreatic duct outflow is
obstructed directly or by the compression of the pancreatobiliary septum. Previous reports showed that bile
duct stone impaction was found in 26–72% of patients
who had ABP when surgery was performed soon after
the attack[1]. Spontaneous passage of bile duct stones
into the duodenum has been described in up to 50% of
ABP cases [2,3]. Sphincter of Oddi spasm might be
another cause of ABP. Therefore, the diagnosis of ABP is
not always easy at the time of diagnosis of pancreatitis.
Biliary pancreatitis, as well as alcoholic pancreatitis, is
a major etiology of acute pancreatitis. ABP accounts for
20–71.4% of cases of acute pancreatitis, but the rate varies across countries. Biliary pancreatitis is more common
than alcoholic pancreatitis in Greece, Italy, the United
Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States of America,
whereas alcoholic pancreatitis is the most major cause in
Hungary, France, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan[4–9].
patients with acute pancreatitis. Abdominal computed
tomography (CT) is also relatively convenient and has
high sensitivity in detecting calcified stones (Fig.32.1),
but its sensitivity to detect small stones lacking calcification is limited. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) may be indicated in highly suspected
cases such as those with bile duct dilation and/or cholangitis. However, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or
endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is recommended to
be performed before ERCP in such cases because they
are safer and more convenient. Magnetic resonance
cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) can provide an
image similar to ERCP. It has high sensitivity and specificity in detecting common bile duct stones (more than
90%) [10], but its sensitivity decreases in cases with
dilated bile duct and small stones[11]. EUS is recognized
as the most reliable imaging modality in detecting bile
duct stones [12], has fewer complications, and shows
higher sensitivity in detecting small bile duct stones than
ERCP[13].
Indication ofEndoscopic Treatment
Diagnosis
In addition to the increased levels of serum pancreatic
enzymes, such as amylase and lipase, increased levels of
hepatobiliary enzymes and bilirubin suggest the possibility of ABP. In such cases, imaging tests are strongly recommended for diagnosis. Although transabdominal
ultrasound is the most convenient imaging modality, the
extrahepatic bile duct is often difficult to visualize clearly
due to the retention of gastrointestinal gas, especially in
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Endoscopic treatments are indicated for patients with a
bile duct stone confirmed on imaging tests or highly suspected from clinical or laboratory findings. In addition,
patients with persistent or repeated increasing levels of
biliary and pancreatic enzymes are also indicated even if
the presence of biliary stone was unclear. In such cases, a
dysfunction in the sphincter of Oddi might be a cause of
biliary pancreatitis.
The timing of endoscopic treatments is discussed
later, but urgent ERCP should be considered when there
is evidence of cholangitis and/or ongoing biliary

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Figure32.1 Computed tomography image of an impacted stone at the duodenal papilla. White arrow indicates an impacted stone. Axial
image (a) and multiplaner reconstruction image (b).
obstruction. However, conservative treatments such as
fasting, rehydration, and administration of antibiotics
should be attempted first in patients with mild clinical
symptoms and with mild abnormal laboratory data.
Several previous studies have suggested the utility of
EUS in narrowing down eligible patients by showing that
a preceding EUS avoided unnecessary ERCP in 71.2–
75.4% of patients without increasing the risk of adverse
events[13–16].
Techniques
The best way to treat biliary pancreatitis is the removal
of the bile duct stone. Endoscopic sphincterotomy is
generally performed for this. ERCP is initially attempted
to confirm the stone in the bile duct, and endoscopic
sphincterotomy is then performed using a sphincterotome if a stone is detected on cholangiogram.
Subsequently, endoscopic stone extraction is performed
using a retrieval basket or balloon. If the stone is impacted
at the papilla, precut papillotomy using a needle knife
would be preferred to conventional endoscopic sphincterotomy owing to the difficulty in cannulation into the
bile duct in such cases (Fig.32.2).
Endoscopic sphincterotomy with subsequent stone
extraction is currently a well- established technique with a
high success rate (approximately 90%) [17]. However,
procedure- related adverse events, including pancreatitis,
hemorrhage, perforation, and cholangitis, can occur in
approximately 10% of the cases[18]. Aggravation of pancreatitis is a particularly considerable concern in patients
with pancreatitis. Therefore, cannulation and contrast
medium injection into the pancreatic duct should be
avoided as much as possible; however, there is no evidence that accidental cannulation into the pancreatic
duct affects the clinical course or outcome adversely.
Recently, the efficacy of pancreatic duct stenting was suggested in ABP following endoscopic sphincterotomy. In a
nonrandomized study, complications were less frequent
in the pancreatic duct stent group than in the control
group without pancreatic duct stent (9.86% vs. 31.43%,
P < 0.002) [19]. However, so far, there is no significant
evidence to recommend pancreatic duct stenting after
endoscopic treatment for ABP.
Outcomes andTiming ofEndoscopic
Interventions
Endoscopic treatments for ABP were initially described
in 1981[20,21]. Since then, a number of prospective randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have compared early
endoscopic treatments with conservative therapy for
ABP. However, as several clinical trials and meta- analyses
have provided conflicting evidence, the role and timing of
endoscopic intervention in ABP remain controversial.

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Figure32.2 Endoscopic view of an impacted stone at the duodenal papilla. A stone is impacting at the biliary orifice (a). Needle knife
papillotomy is preferably performed in such a case. Whitish pus is discharged after cutting up the papilla from the orifice using a needle
knife (b).
Two early RCTs showed lower complication rates,
shorter hospital stays, and lower mortality rate in the
urgent ERCP group than in the conservative
group [22,23]. However, another RCT showed that the
overall rate of complications was similar in the two
groups, and patients in the early ERCP group had more
severe complications[24]. The first meta- analysis published in 1999 showed a high success rate of ERCP (92%)
and concluded that early ERCP significantly reduced
morbidity (25.0% vs. 38.2%, P < 0.001) and mort ality
(5.2% vs. 9.1%, P < 0.05) in ABP[25]. However, later studies suggested that early endoscopic intervention was
beneficial in further limited patients.
Several studies have concluded that urgent endoscopic
intervention should be considered only in patients with
severe biliary pancreatitis[26–28]. In a meta-
analysis by
Ayub etal.[27], early endoscopic intervention was associated with significant reduction in complications only in
predicted severe biliary pancreatitis (odds ratio [OR]
0.27, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.14 to 0.53), whereas
reduction of mortality was not significant in both predicted mild and severe biliary pancreatitis. Later, a metaanalysis by Moretti et al. [28] also reported that a
significant difference in the pooled rate for complications was found only in predicted severe pancreatitis
(38.5%, 95% CI −53% to −23.9%, P < 0.0001).
Meanwhile, several other studies have suggested that
the benefit of urgent endoscopic intervention was
expected only in cases with cholangitis or cholestasis [29–34]. Petrov et al. [29] reviewed RCTs on early
endoscopic intervention versus conservative management in patients with ABP without acute cholangitis.
They found that early endoscopic intervention in patients
with predicted mild and predicted severe biliary pancreatitis did not lead to a significant reduction in the risk of
overall complications and mortality. Later, Van Santvoort
etal.[35] conducted a prospective, observational multicenter study including patients with predicted severe
ABP without cholangitis. They analyzed the outcomes in
patients without and with cholestasis separately and
noted that endoscopic intervention was associated with
fewer complications as compared with conservative
treatment in patients with cholestasis (25% vs. 54%,
P = 0.020), whereas it was not associated with reduced
complications (45% vs. 41%, P = 0.814) in patients without cholestasis. A Cochrane review by Tse and Yuan[32]
in 2012 showed no evidence that early routine ERCP
significantly affected mortality or local/systemic complications of pancreatitis, regardless of predicted severity.
However, among trials that included patients with
cholangitis, the early routine ERCP strategy significantly
reduced mortality and local and systemic complications.
In addition, among trials that included patients with
biliary obstruction, early routine ERCP strategy was
associated with a significant reduction in local and systemic complications. Finally, they concluded that early

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ERCP should be considered only in patients with coexisting cholangitis or biliary obstruction. A systematic
review[36] including 8meta- analyses and 12 guidelines
documents a consensus among them regarding indication for early endoscopic intervention is indicated only
in ABP patients with coexisting cholangitis and/or persistent cholestasis. In addition, most recently, Schepers
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In summary, urgent ERCP is not necessary in mild
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Cholecystectomy After Endoscopic
Treatment
Recurrence rates of ABP of up to 61% have been reported
in the absence of definitive treatment[38,39]. Therefore,
subsequent cholecystectomy after endoscopic treatment
of bile duct stones has been recommended to prevent
recurrent attacks of ABP [40,41], although 25–50% of
patients do not undergo cholecystectomy for various
reasons [42–44]. The Dutch Pancreatitis Study Group
assessed the timing of cholecystectomy after mild biliary
pancreatitis in a systematic review including 8 cohort
studies and 1 RCT (998 patients). In this cohort, cholecystectomy was performed during index admission in
48% of the cases and interval cholecystectomy was performed in 52% of the cases after a median duration of
40days (interquartile range: 19–58days). Before interval
cholecystectomy, 18% of the patients were readmitted for
recurrent biliary events such as pancreatitis, cholecystitis, and biliary colics. Therefore, cholecystectomy during
index admission for mild biliary pancreatitis appeared
safe[45]. Conversely, in cases of severe ABP, the current
consensus is to postpone cholecystectomy until after
resolution of local or systemic complications[39–41,46].
Most recently, the Dutch Pancreatitis Study Group
assessed the optiomal timing of cholecystectomy after
severe ABP (necrotizing biliary pancreatitis) in a post hoc
analysis of a multicenter prospective cohort. It was found
that the risk of overall recurrent biliary events prior to
cholecystectomy was significantly lower up to 10weeks
after discharge (risk ratio [RR] 0.49, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.90,
P = 0.02). The risk of recurrent pancreatitis before cholecystectomy was significantly lower up to 8 weeks after
discharge. Therefore, they concluded that the optimal
timing of cholecystectomy was within 8weeks after discharge (RR 0.14, 95% CI 0.02 to 1.0, P = 0.02).
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Strategies forthe Treatment ofPancreatic Pseudocysts andWalled- Off Necrosis
After Acute Pancreatitis: Interventional Endoscopic Approaches
Georg Beyer and Julia Mayerle
Department of Medicine II, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig- Maximilians- University, Munich, Germany
Introduction
A series of trials following improvements in intensive
care medicine and endoscopic techniques has led to a
paradigm shift in the management of fluid collections
developing after an attack of acute pancreatitis: if undertaken at all, interventions should be delayed as much
as possible and the least- invasive method should be
considered first, before escalating treatment (step- up
approach) [1–3]. Intervening a post- acute pancreatic
fluid collection (PFC) endoscopically is considered safe
once a well- defined wall, then called WOPN (walled- off
pancreatic necrosis) has developed, roughly 4weeks into
the disease course [4]. Immediate drainage of infected
fluid collections is not superior to a delayed approach
and with adequate antibiotic treatment, invasive procedures can often be avoided, as demonstrated by a Dutch
multicenter trial (POINTER) [5]. Post- acute pancreatic
pseudocysts are considered a rare complication arising
from a disruption of the main pancreatic duct or major
duct branches without considerable necrosis and by definition contain only fluid rich in pancreatic enzymes. In
contrast, collections with a fibrous wall originating from
pancreatic and/or peripancreatic necrosis are called
walledtain variable amounts of solid debris and may reach into
areas distant from the gland[6].
off pancreatic necrosis (WOPN), which will con-
Indications forEndoscopic Treatment
In general, only collections that cause symptoms or are at
a high risk for severe complications require intervention.
Indications for endoscopic intervention are features of
infection on imaging or a high suspicion for infection
with persistent signs of sepsis that do not improve under
adequate antimicrobial treatment. Less common indications are pain, persistent unwellness, and failure to
thrive, jaundice caused by the collection compressing the
bile duct, bleeding and arterial pseudoaneurysms, disconnected duct syndrome, gastric outlet obstruction, or
pancreatic fistulas.
Endoscopic Drainage vs. Necrosectomy:
Choosing theRight Patient
It is currently unclear which collections will improve
spontaneously or with conservative management, which
require drainage, which need irrigation, and for which
collections should a patient undergo advanced endoscopic necrosectomy, as reflected by discordant results of
a recent international expert survey [4]. In many cases,
patients will initially improve after a drainage procedure
and optional nasocystic lavage with few plastic pigtail
stents in place to ensure the patency of the tract. A systematic review and meta- analysis comparing 324 patients
who underwent conservative management of infected
pancreatic necrosis with 157 who underwent necrosectomy concluded that conservative management was successful in 64% and that mortality was lower than in
patients who underwent percutaneous treatment [7]
although this result is fraught by significant selection
bias. Multiple early case series that included pancreatic
necrosis and pancreatic abscesses even reported full resolution of these collections without further necrosectomy
in over 80% of cases[8–10]. Unfortunately, a nonuniform
nomenclature impairs the comparability of these observations. These findings are supported by a recently published Dutch multicentre trial [5]. Between 2015 and
2019, 104 patients with infected pancreatic necrosis
occurring within 35 days from onset of symptoms were
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randomized to either receive immediate percutaneous or
endoscopic drainage with optional necrosectomy or a
delayed approach with antibiotic treatment first and
escalation to drainage and necrosectomy only if clinical
deterioration occured. The median time difference to
first invasive procedure between the treatment arms was
10days and there was no difference with regard to complications, organ failure, or death. Patients in the delayed
treatment arm had considerably fewer invasive procedures and were less often taken to necrosectomy. Notably,
39 % of patients in the delayed treatment arm did not
require any invasive procedures at all, suggesting that
immediate drainage, especially before encapsulation of a
necritc collection, is not generally beneficial.
However, in patients who do not improve on conservative treatment alone or whose recovery stalls at a certain level, the question remains, how soon should one
move from drainage to necrosectomy. A Swedish trial
comparing drainage of pseudocysts to pancreatic
abscesses with variable amounts of debris showed that
the rate of successful drainage was lower in abscesses
(94% vs. 80%; P = 0.04) and the risk for complications
five times higher (P = 0.02). Of note, all abscesses underwent necrosectomy and lavage later[11]. This suggests
that in patients with a higher burden of necrotic material and/or infected collections a more invasive approach
may be warranted. The amount of solid debris is best
assessed by EUS or MRI.
Transmural endoscopic necrosectomy has been shown
to be a safe and efficient way to deal with necrotic collections accessible to endoscopy. It is equally safe and effective when compared to minimally invasive surgical
approaches, but appears to be more cost- effective and
leads less often to pancreatic fistulas [3,12]. It remains
burdened, however, with serious complications even in
the hands of experienced investigators[13–16]. In a retrospective comparison of conventional transmural drainage versus necrosectomy in patients with evidence of
WOPN on contrast(CT), Gardner etal. showed superiority of direct necrosectomy in terms of treatment success, need for surgery
or additional percutaneous drainage, and recurrence [17].
Another registry- based, matched cohort study comparing direct necrosectomy to initial percutaneous access
as suggested by the original “step- up approach” in 12
patients showed favorable outcomes for the direct endoscopic approach [18]. Taken together, the current data
suggest that mere endoscopic drainage is reasonable and
often sufficient in defined collections with minimal
amounts of solid material, whereas patients with WOPN
and more extensive necrotic material will most likely
profit from sometimes repeated sessions of endoscopic
removal of necrotic tissue [19]. In unstable patients
who develop sepsis due to infected WOPN requiring
enhanced computed tomography
ventilator support and vasopressors, an initial endoscopic
or even percutaneous drainage to achieve sepsis control
and delayed more advanced endoscopic necrosectomy
may be more appropriate. Endoscopic drainage is generally preferred over percutaneous drainage for infected
fluid collections, but if drainage is required before a
fibrous wall has formed (generally 4weeks) percutaneous
drainage is still a valid and frequently used alternative.
The introduction of through the scope, electrocauteryenhanced deployment devices for fully covered selfexpandable lumen- apposing metal stents (LAMS), which
allow efficient endoscopic drainage as well as necrosectomy through the same access route, have replaced the
use of conventional double- pigtail stents for treatment of
WOPN in many centers. Placement of LAMS is faster
and comes at lower risk for stent dislocation and rupture
of the wall of the collection. However, they bear a considerable risk for stent migration and delayed bleeding if
left in place for more then 3 weeks (32.3% vs. 6.9%,
P = 0.01) [20] and despite the larger diameter, they are
not more effective with regard to resolution of WOPN
when compared to conventional pigtails[21].
Due to shorter procedure duration for the initial placement and the option of through- the stent necrosectomy,
many centers now use a dual approach: LAMS are used
initially to allow for effective large- bore drainage and if
needed endoscopic necrosectomy, but will be replaced
by multiple pigtail stents later, when collections can be
managed in an outpatient setting.
Preventing Recurrence by Treating
Disconnected Duct Syndrome
A disconnected pancreatic duct with pancreatic juice
leaking into the connected PFC is a major complication of
acute pancreatitis and a well- known risk factor for persistence or recurrence of PFC. This includes pseudocysts
and WOPN, even after initially successful endoscopic
treatment [22,23]. The integrity of the pancreatic duct
should therefore be confirmed whenever pancreatic
necrosis requiring an intervention is present and preferably by noninvasive methods such as magnetic resonance
cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). Although found in
up to 50% of patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis,
studies on the optimal management of PFC associated
with disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome are scarce.
A small randomized controlled trial (n
patients with and without disconnected pancreatic duct
showed a significant reduction of recurrence (0 vs. 5,
P = 0.013) when transmural stents were not removed[24].
The approach of long- term indwelling plastic stents has
been adopted for the treatment of WOPN with disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome as reported in two
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retrospective series including 26 and 33 patients, respectively, in which it appears to have led to a satisfactory outcome with regard to resolution of the collection[25,26].
Another approach involves stenting the pancreatic duct
after transmural access and cavity stenting is established.
This allows transpapillary drainage of both the content of
the connected collection and, more importantly, pancreatic juice away from vital pancreatic tissue distal to the
duct disruption [27]. ERCP should be performed with
caution in these patients as it is associated with considerable rates of adverse events [28]. A small preliminary
study by a group from Mumbai, India described a promising strategy in 42 patients with symptomatic post- acute
pancreatic pseudocysts. Three weeks after initially successful drainage using an expandable covered nitinol
stent, the patients underwent MRCP. A pancreatic duct
leak was detected in three patients and treated successfully by stenting the pancreatic duct with consecutive
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