Safety and Efficacy of a Small J-Tipped Guidewire for Pancreatic Duct Endoscopic Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The insertion of the guidewires (GWs) into the pancreatic duct is technically difficult, and there is a risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP). The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a small J-tipped guidewire for pancreatic duct endoscopic intervention.

Methods

This single-site retrospective study was conducted to assess the procedural success rate and adverse events of endoscopic transpapillary interventions to the pancreatic duct in 114 cases using the small J-tipped GW and 180 cases using the angle-tipped GW.

Results

The procedural success rate was significantly higher in the small J-tipped GW group compared with that in the angle-tipped GW group (76% versus 47%, P < 0.001). The procedural success-related factors were ch

SUBMITTER: Hirose S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6463684 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature