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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2014; 20(26): 8617-8623
Published online Jul 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i26.8617
Published online Jul 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i26.8617
Table 1 Comparison of patient characteristics and diagnoses between the stent and no-stent groups
| Stent group (n = 24) | No-stent group (n = 31) | P-value | |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 70.8 ± 12.8 | 72.4 ± 10.0 | 0.631 |
| Sex (male/female) | 11/13 | 16/15 | 0.788 |
| History of pancreatitis | 0 | 0 | |
| Periampullary diverticulum | 10 | 13 | 1.000 |
| Choledocholithiasis | 15 | 21 | 0.778 |
| Cholangiocarcinoma | 4 | 7 | 0.739 |
| Acute cholecystitis | 3 | 3 | 1.000 |
| Lymph node metastasis | 2 | 0 | 0.186 |
| Gallbladder carcinoma | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Liver metastasis | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
- Citation: Nakahara K, Okuse C, Suetani K, Michikawa Y, Kobayashi S, Otsubo T, Itoh F. Need for pancreatic stenting after sphincterotomy in patients with difficult cannulation. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(26): 8617-8623
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i26/8617.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i26.8617