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Table 4 Influence of the endoscopic appearance of the major papilla on the success of NKF and adverse events in 361 patients

From: Influence of a novel classification of the papilla of Vater on the outcome of needle-knife fistulotomy for biliary cannulation

 

Type I

n (%)

47 (13.0)

Type IIa

n (%)

128 (35.5)

Type IIb

n (%)

109 (30.2)

Type IIc

n (%)

35 (9.6)

Type IIIa

n (%)

14 (3.9)

Type IIIb

n (%)

14 (3.9)

Type IV

n (%)

14 (3.9)

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Biliary cannulation, n (%)

 Success in first ERCP

44 (93.6)

124 (96.9)

100 (91.7)

35 (100)

9 (64.3)

10 (71.4)

12 (85.7)

0.000

 Overall biliary cannulation

46 (97.9)

127 (99.2)

105 (96.3)

35 (100)

13 (92.9)

12 (85.7)

13 (92.9)

0.041

Cannulation time (mins), median (p25–p75)

14.3 (7–26)

5.0 (1–38)

8.8 (7–15)

5.5 (3–12)

8.0 (7–10)

9.5 (5–14)

8.7 (5–21)

0.0001

Adverse events, n (%)

Overal

5 (10.6)

7 (5.5)

10 (9.2)

3 (8.6)

0

2 (14.3)

0

0.549

 Pancreatitis

4 (8.5)

5 (3.9)

5 (4.6)

2 (5.7)

0

2 (14.3)

0

0.488

 Bleeding

1 (2.1)

2 (1.6)

5 (4.6)

1 (2.9)

0

0

0

0.837

 Perforation

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

  1. NKF, needle knife fistulotomy