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Table 2 Outcomes of the WGC-PS and DGT groups

From: Wire-guided cannulation over a pancreatic stent versus double guidewire technique in patients with difficult biliary cannulation

 

WGC-PS (n = 90)

DGT (n = 87)

P value

Initial success rate, n (%)

60 (66.7)

61 (70.1)

0.632

Success rate without NKF, n (%)

60 (66.7)

75 (86.2)*

0.003

Overall success rate, n (%)

87 (96.6)

86 (98.9)

1.000

Pancreatitis, total, n (%)

3 (3.3)

9 (10.3)

0.077

Mild, n

3

7

 

Moderate, n

0

2

 

Bleeding, n

0

0

 

Perforation, n

0

0

 
  1. WGC-PS wire-guided cannulation over a pancreatic stent, DGT double guidewire technique, NKF needle-knife fistulotomy
  2. *In 26 patients who had failed DGT, WGC-PS was sequentially performed, and cannulation was successful in 14 of these patients
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