Outcome of endotherapy for pancreas divisum in patients with acute recurrent pancreatitis

Table 3 Demographics, characteristics of the disease and endoscopic ultrasonography signs of chronic pancreatitis development in patients assigned endotherapy able to achieve dorsal duct drainage n (%)

	Successful endotherapy1(14 pts)	Unsuccessful endotherapy2(5 pts)	P value
Male/female	11/3	4/1	1.0
Age (yr), mean ± SD	55.3 ± 7.9	55.0 ± 21.1	0.5
No. of episodes of AP before study, yr, mean ± SD	3.4 (1.3)	3.4 (1.1)	0.8
Duration of ARP before enrollment (yr), mean ± SD	3.2 (1.6)	3.8 (1.3)	0.3
Duration of post-enrollment follow-up (yr), mean ± SD	4.1 (1.3)	4.8 (1.1)	0.7
EUS signs of CP	6 (42.8)	5 (100)	0.04
Duration of disease between the first attack of AP and the diagnosis of CP (yr), mean ± SD	5.6 (1.3)	6.1 (1.7)	0.7

¹Successful endotherapy: No recurrences of AP in the follow up after one to three ERCP sections;

²Unsuccessful endotherapy: Recurrences of AP after three ERCP sections. AP: Acute pancreatitis; CP: Chronic pancreatitis; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.