Guest guest Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 I'm not sure what it exactly is. The order states KUB to check pancreatic stent. If anyone else out there knows please any info is appreciative. Patty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 > I'm not sure what it exactly is. The order states KUB to check pancreatic > stent. If anyone else out there knows please any info is appreciative. > Patty A KUB is a " Kidney Ureter and Bladder " X-Ray. It will also show your Intestines, and will also show if the stent is still in the duct or not. If it is still there, they can go in via endoscopy and get it out. I had this done with one of my last ERCP, and the X-Ray showed the stent was still in, so three days later they went to get it out and in that time, it had fallen out. They don't quite do an ERCP when they go in after it, so don't worry about that. Email me with any questions. Robin Pancreatitis since 1/12/1995 Sphincteroplasty 9/25/2001 Whipple 7/8/2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 Hi Robin, thanks for your response. What I am worried about is that when I had the procedure done on 12/9/03 I was in the hospital for 5day due to an attack. If the stent is still there will the procedure to retrieve it cause another attack? I am sick of seeing doctors, hospitals, and pain meds. Patty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 If I may butt-in here... I had a stent that migrated up the duct and took THREE HOURS to remove. My doc had to literally " lasso " the thing with a fine wire. I had the mother of all pancreatitis attacks after that one. If all they are doing is removing the stent from the head of the duct, that's easy and quick and shouldn't cause a problem, unless the duct goes into spasm. Believe me, I am with you on being sick of hospitals, docs, & pain meds. Jerry/NC ************************************************** Re: Re: ERCP WITH MANOMETRY > Hi Robin, > thanks for your response. What I am worried about is that when I had the > procedure done on 12/9/03 I was in the hospital for 5day due to an attack. If > the stent is still there will the procedure to retrieve it cause another attack? > I am sick of seeing doctors, hospitals, and pain meds. > Patty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 Hi, I have to say that I never had a stent when my oddi monemetry was done and they cut the oddi sphincter. So no KUB done then. Nor any of the ERCP's I have had while a stent WAS in place in the pancreatic duct. On the other hand, the only time I dind't have a pancreatic attack was when they went in and pulled the stent the last time. I went home the same day. So many doctors do things so differently. Wish there was only 1 way o do it so we all had the same routine, same amount of down time, pain etc...so we could share all this info with each other. Sandy/California TJENSEN7@... wrote: > Hi Robin, > thanks for your response. What I am worried about is that when I had the > procedure done on 12/9/03 I was in the hospital for 5day due to an attack. If > the stent is still there will the procedure to retrieve it cause another attack? > I am sick of seeing doctors, hospitals, and pain meds. > Patty > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 > I got a copy of my D/c summary from the hospital. I was curious to > see exactly what my doctor did. It says I had a dual > sphincterotomy. My liver enzymes Ast were somewhat abnormal at 639 > and Alt of 541. He determined that in his words " It was presumed > that ampullary edema after sphincterotomy resulted in obstruction. " > > All I know was I was out of it for 5 days. > > Has this complication happened to anyone else? > Just curious... > Patty > Louisville, KY Patty, Has the complication of Pancreatitis happened after an ERCP to anyone? For me, yes. Everytime I had an ERCP (I've had four or five), I was in the hospital. In fact, it was the cause of my first attack. I was ill for over a month with nausea and vomiting, along with elevated liver enzymes. The only thing left to do was an ERCP, so I was sent to the GI I am seeing to this day (Jan. 1995 is when I first saw him). He did the ERCP about five days after my initial appt. I ended up in the hospital for five weeks, home for two weeks, and back in for four more weeks. I was discharged on TPN. I was also taking Viokase, but it made me so ill, it took IV Phenergan to get it under control. I was on TPN at home for six months (but spent a total of nine months on it (Jan. thru Sept.). Well, that was more than you wanted to hear, eh?? Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 I've had an attack of pancreatitis after every ERCP I've had, which is about 12 of them in the past 18 months. Since my last sphincterotomy, everything has settled down. My mother had an ERCP a few days ago, and she also had a pancreatitis attack, even though they didn't go near her pancreas. It appears that they pulled out quite a few polyps from her duodenum (they grow due to a hereditary illness we have) and apparently a small blood clot was sucked back up into the duct, causing a blockage. She got out of hospital yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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