Pancreatic duct guidewire placement for biliary cannulation in a single-session therapeutic ERCP

Table 6 Associations between patient gender and the presence of PEP and asymptomatic hyperamylasemia, within groups of patients who underwent each cannulation method n (%)

Method	PEP	Asymptomatic hyperamylasemia
Pre-cut first step
Male	2 (5.1)	3 (7.7)
Female	3 (10.7)	7 (25.0)
P value1	0.642	0.081
DGT
Male	1 (3)	6 (18.2)
Female	2 (12.5)	5 (31.3)
P value1	0.086	0.467
Pre-cut failed DGT
Male	1 (2.9)	9 (26.5)
Female	4 (13.8)	6 (20.7)
P value1	0.171	0.768
SGT
Male	62 (5.5)	115 (10.2)
Female	53 (5.2)	143 (14.0)
P value1	0.77	0.008a

^aP < 0.05.

¹Calculated by Fisher’s exact test. SGT: Single-guidewire technique; DGT: Double-guidewire technique.