ERCP & Cholangioscopy
Biliary access, stone clearance and rescue strategies
- Date
- Saturday 12 December 2026
- Time
- 08:30–17:00
- Places
- 15 doctors
- Hands-on
- 4 h 45 min practical
- Fee for Egyptian participants
- EGP 5,000
- Fee for non-Egyptian participants
- USD 500
About this course
A practical crash course for endoscopists performing ERCP who want to strengthen biliary access, stone clearance and the management of difficult cases. Short expert lectures are combined with supervised model practice in cannulation, cholangioscopy-guided lithotripsy and biliary stenting.
Learning outcomes
- Plan a stepwise cannulation strategy, including the difficult papilla, and recognize when to stop.
- Demonstrate cannulation, sphincterotomy, stone extraction and stent placement tasks on a model.
- Select cholangioscopy, lithotripsy or EUS-guided rescue appropriately and plan escalation or referral.
Course timetable
Saturday 12 December, 08:30–17:00, at the Cairo Marriott Hotel, Zamalek.
Welcome, baseline assessment and group allocation
All faculty
Biliary access: cannulation strategies and the difficult papilla
Sphincterotomy, balloon dilation and biliary stenting: technique and safety
Cholangioscopy in practice: difficult stones, strictures and tissue sampling
When ERCP fails: rescue strategies including EUS-guided biliary drainage
Coffee break
Practical rotation 1
All faculty
Practical rotation 2
All faculty
Lunch break
Practical rotation 3
All faculty
Coffee break
Coached repeat practice and adverse-event scenarios: failed cannulation, bleeding and perforation
All faculty
Video case review, case decisions and individual feedback
All faculty
Post-course assessment and closing
All faculty
Hands-on stations
Fifteen participants form three groups of five. Each group visits all three stations for 75 minutes per station, followed by 60 minutes of coached repeat practice. Total scheduled practical time is 4 hours 45 minutes.
Cannulation, sphincterotomy and precut on ERCP models
Cholangioscopy-guided lithotripsy and stone clearance
Biliary stenting, difficult access and EUS-guided rescue (model demonstration)
Teaching team
Each participant joins one crash course.
Italy
Belgium
France
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
Good to know
- Practical times are scheduled group rotations, not individual operating time.
- Places are totals per course, not remaining places. The registration team confirms current availability, and a waiting list opens when a course is full.
- Already registered for the congress? Tell the team which course you want so it is added to your booking.
- After you register, the registration team confirms your place and arranges payment with you.
Assessment
Assessment combines a brief knowledge check with observed technical tasks and individual feedback. This one-day crash course supports, but does not replace, supervised ERCP training.
Based on: ESGE curriculum for ERCP and EUS training; ESGE guideline on endoscopic management of common bile duct stones.