The usefulness of wire-guided endoscopic snare papillectomy for tumors of the major duodenal papilla.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although endoscopic papillectomy is useful for treating papillary tumors, it is associated with a high rate of complications including pancreatitis; therefore, safer treatment options are needed. We examined the utility of wire-guided endoscopic papillectomy by comparing the pancreatic duct stenting and pancreatitis rates before and after wire-guided endoscopic papillectomy was introduced at our institution.

Methods

We retrospectively examined the data from 16 consecutive patients who underwent conventional endoscopic papillectomy between November 1995 and July 2005 and the data from 33 patients in whom wire-guided endoscopic papillectomy was first attempted at our institution between August 2005 and April 2017. We compared the pancreatic duct stenting and pancrea

SUBMITTER: Kobayashi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6343902 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature