Precut sphincterotomy: A reliable salvage for difficult biliary cannulation

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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 7, 2013; 19(1): 1-7
Published online Jan 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i1.1

Table 3 The comparison of needle knife papillotomy and transpancreatic precut sphincterotomy (%)

Ref.	Transpancreatic precut	Needle knife precut	P value
Catalano et al[26]
Successful biliary cannulation	100	77	0.01
Complications	3.5	17.7	NS
Wang et al[27]
Successful biliary cannulation	90	90.8	NS
Complications	14.9	18.4	NS
Halttunen et al[30]
Successful biliary cannulation	97.3	7.3	< 0.001
Complications	9.3	8.2	NS

NS: Not significant.

Citation: Saritas U, Ustundag Y, Harmandar F. Precut sphincterotomy: A reliable salvage for difficult biliary cannulation. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(1): 1-7
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i1/1.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i1.1