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Table 2 Baseline outcomes and cannulation time in each groups

From: Sequential algorithm analysis to facilitate selective biliary access for difficult biliary cannulation in ERCP: a prospective clinical study

 

EPF

DGC

PPS

Total

Pvalue

No. (%)

71 (50.7)

33 (23.6)

36 (25.7)

140

 

Age, mean (SD)

65.6 (14.3)

61.1 (15.4)

69.6 (12.8)

 

0.048

Sex (M/F)

37/34

14/19

19/17

 

0.608

PAD (Type I/II/III)

11 (2/9/0)

4 (0/4/0)

11 (0/10/1)

 

0.146

Papillary contact, mean (SD)

3.6 (2.99)

5.4 (1.39)

4.6 (0.76)

 

0.001

Unintentional pancreatic duct cannulation,

16

33

36

  

Frequency, mean (SD)

1.19 (0.4)

3.36 (1.05)

5.94 (0.33)

40 (1.94)

<0.01

Pancreatic contrast injection

2

1

2

 

0.757

Procedure timex, sec (SD)

     

  Initial cannulation time

262.3 (109.2)

 

253.6 (35.5)

259.4 (91.1)

0.644

  Precut time

339.8 (342.4)

 

452.3 (469.1)

377.7 (391.1)

0.161

  Total cannulation time

559.4 (412.8)

314.8 (65.2)

706.0 (469.4)

559.7 (403.6)

< 0.05

  1. SD standard deviation, PAD periampullary diverticulum, EPF early precut fistulotomy, DGC double-guidewire cannulation, PPS precut after placement of a pancreatic stent.