ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AMPULLARY NEOPLASM (WITH VIDEO)

For ampullary cancer, pancreaticoduodenectomy is considered to be the standard treatment. Endoscopic papillectomy (EP) has been utilized in cases of ampullary adenoma since the early 1980s. We aimed to provide a review concerning EP.We conducted a review of studies regarding EP for ampullary neoplasms.Since neither lymphatic permeation, vascular invasion, nor lymph node metastasis is observed in patients with ampullary cancer limited to the...