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Table2 Outcome and complications

From: Utility and safety of a new uneven double-lumen sphincterotome in cases of difficult biliary cannulation

 

The magictome group

The conventional group

P value

n = 44

n = 75

Successful biliary cannulation, n (%)

39 (88.6)

63 (84.0)

0.67

Procedure time, min, median (range)

   

 Total biliary cannulation timea

16.0 (6.5–78)

26.0 (5–80)

< 0.01

 Time from PGW placement to biliary cannulation

3.5 (0.3–57)

12.0 (1–65)

< 0.01

Complications, n (%)

   

 Hyperamylasemia

13 (29.5)

17 (22.7)

0.54

 PEP

5 (11.4)

14 (18.7)

0.44

 Cholangitis

3 (6.8)

2 (2.7)

0.36

 Bleeding

1 (2.3)

4 (5.3)

0.65

 Perforation

0

1 (1.3)

1.0

Placement of pancreatic duct stent, n (%)

10 (22.7)

18 (24.0)

1.0

  1. PEP, post-ERCP pancreatitis
  2. aFrom the reach to the papilla to the finish of biliary cannulation