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For ercp your doctor uses a flexible lighted tube called an endoscope. Anatomy of liver biliary pancreatic ductal systems. Pin On Ercp Ercp can be performed for diagnostic and therapeutic reasons although the development of safer and relatively non invasive investigations such as. Ercp surgery . Ercp procedure guide description endoscopic technique for radiologic visualization of the biliary and or pancreatic ducts. An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ercp is an imaging test that uses endoscopy and x rays to see the inside of the bile and pancreatic ducts. What are the bile and pancreatic ducts. There are several things that will happen as you begin your ercp which this video clip explains. Ercp is a diagnostic procedure designed to examine diseases of the liver bile ducts and pancreas. Your bile ducts are tubes that carry bile from your liver to your gallbladder and duodenum. Ercp is usually best performed under general anesthesia. Endoscopic retrog...