Endoscopic ultrasonography has become an important diagnostic and therapeutic tool in endoscopy units. It has a great impact on biliary and pancreatic disease management and its application to retrograde cholangiopancreatography is appealing, although very challenging with current devices. In this article we describe our initial experience with this technique.
Keywords: Biliary tract diseases; Choledocholithiasis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endosonography; Therapeutics.