Letters to Journals

  1. Cotton PB. Oesophagoscopy. Br J Hosp Med 1970; 4:113.
  1. Schiller KFR, Cotton PB. Traumatic perforation of the esophagus. Br Med J 1972; 1:48.
  1. Cotton PB, Negus D. Gastrointestinal bleeding in pancreatitis. Lancet 1972; 1:847.
  1. Cotton PB. Early radiology in acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Br Med J 1972; 4:608.
  1. Cotton PB. Pulmonary aspiration after fibre-endoscopy. Br Med J 1972; 4:491-2.
  1. Cotton PB, Beales JSM. To cannulate or not to cannulate. Gastroenterology 1973; 64:351-2.
  1. Cotton PB, Beales JSM, Salmon PR, Burwood RJ, Schiller KFR, Griev NWT. Developments in endoscopy. Br J Hosp Med 1973; 10:223-224.
  1. Cotton PB, Heap TR. Diagnosis of gastric cancer. Br Med J 1975; 4:435.
  1. Cotton PB. Pancreatic pain. Br Med J 1976; I:1400-1.
  1. Cotton PB. Endoscopic du tube digestif proximal. Medicine et Hygiene 1976; 1207:1325.
  1. Cotton PB. Comparative diagnostic accuracy of barium meal and endoscopy. Br Med J 1976; 4:1197-8.
  1. Cotton PB. Endoscopy versus radiology in acute upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding. Lancet 1977; 2:1367.
  1. Cotton PB. Long term pancreatic cannulation is potentially hazardous. Gastrointest Endosc 1977; 23:216.
  1. Cotton PB, Croker JR. The cholecystogram is normal but… Br Med J 1977; 1160.
  1. Cotton PB. PTC versus ERCP. Gastroenterology 1977; 72(2):366-7.
  1. Cotton PB, Stern RB. Pancreatic diagnosis. Br Med J 1977; I:166-7.
  1. Cotton PB. Is pancreatic isotope scanning worthwhile? Br Med J 1978; 1:1485-6.
  1. Cotton PB. How to organize an international medical meeting. Br Med J 1978; 2:1708-9.
  1. Cotton PB. Endoscopic treatment of biliary tract diseases. Lancet 1979; 1:150.
  1. Cotton PB, Lees WR. Diagnosis of cholestasis. Br Med J 1979; 1:1710.
  1. Cotton PB, Laurence BH, Mason RR. Non-surgical treatment of biliary obstruction. Lancet 1979; 2:1301.
  1. Cotton PB, Vallon AG. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and pancreatography in the investigation of post cholecystectomy patients. Lancet March 29, 1980:710.
  1. Cotton PB. Endoscopic visualisation of gallstones without papillotomy. Gastrointest Endosc 1980; 26:58.
  1. Cotton PB, Vallon AG. Comment on review; controlled trial of laser photocoagulation for bleeding ulcers. Gastroenterology 1981; 82:966-7.
  1. Cotton PB. Gastric aphthous ulcers. Lancet 1981; 1:160.
  1. Cotton PB, Vallon AG, Masson RR. Intraductal infusion of mono-octanoin for common duct stones. Lancet 1981; 1:436-7.
  1. Cotton PB. Disinfection of fibrescopes. Endoscopy 1981; 13:184.
  1. Dawson J, Cockel R, Cotton PB. Endoscopic assessment of aesophageal disease. Br Med J 1981; 283:61.
  1. Cotton PB, Vallon AG. Argon laser photocoagulation in bleeding peptic ulcers. Lancet 1982; 1:230-1.
  1. Cotton PB. Pancreas divisum. Gastroenterology 1982; 82:1001-2.
  1. Shorvon PJ, Cotton PB, Eykyn SJ. Endocarditis prophylaxis. Lance 1984; 2:1074-5.
  1. Cotton PB. Improved biliary decompression with large calibre endoscopic prostheses. Gastrointest Endosc 1984; 30(6):377-8.
  1. Cotton PB. Upper intestinal endoscopy. Lancet 1985; 1:877-8.
  1. Cotton PB. Pancreas divisum. Dig Dis Sci 1986; 31:445.
  1. Cotton PB, Speer AG. Risks and benefits of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage. Gastroenterology 1987; 93:667-8.
  1. Cotton PB. ERCP in pancreatic trauma. Gastrointest Endosc 1988; 34:442.
  1. Cotton PB. Endoscopic drainage for suppurative cholangitis. Lancet 1989; 2:213.
  1. Cotton PB. Take care with the tip of your video duodenoscope. Gastrointest Endosc 1989; 35(6):582-3.
  1. Newby LK, Affronti J, Baillie J, Cotton PB. Post-traumatic pancreatitis. Gastrointest Endosc 1990; 36:79.
  1. Cotton PB. Malignant obstructive jaundice. Gastrointest Endosc 1990; 36:540.
  1. Cotton PB. Effectiveness of endoscopic drainage for pancreas divisum. Endoscopy 1991; 23:107-8.
  1. Speer AG, Cotton PB. Percutaneous biliary drainage for malignancy. Clin Radiol 1991; 43:143-5.
  1. Cotton PB. Palliation of malignant obstructive jaundice—surgery or stent? Gut 1991; 32:833-4.
  1. Baillie J, Jowell P, Evangelou H, Bickel W, Cotton PB. Teaching by endoscopy simulation. Endoscopy 1991; 23:239.
  1. Cotton PB, Brazer SR. Different contrast agents and development of pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde pancreatography. Am J Gastro 1992; 87:683.
  1. Crech P, Cotton PB. Bile duct wall thickening . Clin Radiol 1992; 45(5):360.
  1. Cotton PB. Endoscopic sphincterotomy, nasobiliary drainage and biliary stent placement without image intensification. Br J Surg 1993; 80:807.
  1. Cotton PB. Biliary endoprosthesis and common bile duct stones. Gut 1993; 34:574-5.
  1. Lee JG, Leung JW, Cotton PB. Pathogenesis and treatment of gallstones. N Engl J Med 1993; 328(6):412-21.
  1. Cotton PB. Portal vein filling during ERCP. Gastrointest Endosc 1994; 40(1):120-1.
  1. Cotton PB. Towards safer endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Gut 1994; 35:284.
  1. Cotton PB. Endoscopic stent exchange. Gastrointest Endosc 1994; 40:649-50.
  1. Cotton PB, Cunningham JT. A sphincterotome with variable-length wire. Gastrointest Endosc 1995; 42(5):494.
  1. Cotton PB. Pancreas divisum. Am J Gastroenterol 1995; 90(10):1989.
  1. Tarnasky PR, Cotton PB. Randomized trial of prevention of biliary stent occlusion by ursodeoxycholic acid plus norfloxacin. Gastrointest Endosc 1995; 42(1):103-4.
  1. Tarnasky PR, Cunningham JT, Hawes RH, Hoffman BJ, Cotton PB, et al. Pitfalls of bile duct stone removal after balloon sphincter dilation. Am J Gastroenterol 1996; 91(4):822.
  1. Cotton PB. Needleknife pre-cut sphincterotomy. The devil is in the indications. Endoscopy 1997; 29:888.
  1. Tarnasky P, Cotton PB. Early ERCP and papillotomy for acute biliary pancreatitis. N Engl J Med 1997; 336(25):1835.
  1. Tarnasky P, Cotton PB. Management of post-cholescystectomy biliary leaks during the laparoscopic era. Am J Gastroenterol 1998; 93:486.
  1. Cotton PB. Is endoscopic common bile duct stenting useful in patients with suspected sphincter of Oddi dysfunction? Am J Gastroenterol 1998; 93:663-4.
  1. Cotton PB. The impact of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography on ERCP. Gastrointest Endosc 1999; 50:142-3.
  1. Cotton PB. Fast method of jejunal biopsy. Endoscopy 2000; 32:276.
  1. Cotton PB. Teamwork in digestive intervention. Surgical Endosc 2000; 14:406.
  1. Cotton PB. British GI training: An American perspective. BSG News 2002; 10:7.
  1. Varadarajulu S, Cotton PB. Autoimmune pancreatitis: is it relevant in the west? Gastroenterology 2003; 125(5):1557.

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  1. Cotton PB, Hawes RH. Botulinum toxin injection after biliary sphincterotomy. Endoscopy 2004; 36(8):744.
  1. Cotton PB. Live video demonstrations. Endoscopy 2006; 38(4):426.
  2. Cotton PB. It’s not the precut; it’s the why done and who by. GIE 2010; 72: 1114.
  3. Cotton PB. Twenty more ERCP lawsuits: why? Poor indications and communications. GIE 2010; 72: 904