Abstract:Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the treatment of biliary and pancreatic diseases after Billroth II gastrectomy, and to summarize the preliminary experience. Methods The clinical data of 178 patients with biliary and pancreatic diseases who underwent 237 ERCP sessions at the digestive endoscopy center in Changhai Hospital from January 2011 to December 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. The success rate of ERCP procedures and related complications were summed up. Results The successful intubation of the endoscope to reach the duodenal papilla was 83.5% (198/237), selective cannulation was 91.4% (181/198), and the success rate of completing the expected intervention was 98.9% (179/181). The total success rate of ERCP was 75.5% (179/237), which had an increasing trend in each year. Among them, the total success rate of ERCP in patients with common bile duct stones was 85.2% (127/149), and the stone retrieval rate during the first session was 56.7% (72/127). The ERCP-related complication rate was 14.3% (34/237), with perforation was 1.7% (4/237), bleeding 1.3% (3/237), pancreatitis 3.4% (8/237), asymptomatic hyperamylasemia 8.0% (19/237). One patient with perforation and two patients with severe pancreatitis died of septic shock and multiple organ failure (1.3%, 3/237). Most ERCP-related complications improved by conservative treatment or endoscopic intervention again (91.2%,31/34). Conclusion ERCP is effective and safe in the treatment of biliary and pancreatic diseases in patients with prior Billroth Ⅱ gastrectomy. With the development of endoscopic techniques and the experience of endoscopists, the success rate of intubation, selective cannulation and therapeutic intervention can be close to normal anatomical patients, and the incidence of related complications is low.