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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2015; 21(19): 5950-5960
Published online May 21, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i19.5950
Published online May 21, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i19.5950
Table 2 Patient data
Basic clinical data | n |
Total number of patients | 74 |
Patients that received therapeutic ERCP | 70 |
Patients that received diagnostic ERCP | 4 |
Total cannulation procedures via minor papilla | 104 |
Only using standard method1 | 79 (56 cases) |
Using needle-knife after failure of standard method Using needle-knife at start and standard methods later2 | 14 (14 cases) 11 (4 cases)3 |
Age (yr) | 40.5 ± 21.8 |
Children and adolescents (age < 18 yr) (female) | 16 (11) |
Adults (female) | 58 (22) |
Clinical indications for cannulation procedures | |
Pancreatitis | 33 |
Chronic recurrent pancreatic-type pain without enzyme elevation | 37 |
Biliary disease | 2 |
Definite or suspected pancreatic mass | 2 |
Diagnoses | |
Chronic pancreatitis | 13 |
Pancreas divisum | 17 |
Chronic pancreatitis and pancreas divisum | 40 |
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms | 4 |
Follow-up | |
Patients who received therapeutic ERCP | 70 |
Patients who received therapeutic ERCP and were followed up | 67 (95.7%) |
Follow-up period (months) | 29.0 ± 22.2 |
Follow-up results4 | |
Improved | 49 |
Cured | 3 |
Same | 7 |
Worse or much worse | 5 |
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Citation: Wang W, Gong B, Jiang WS, Liu L, Bielike K, Xv B, Wu YL. Endoscopic treatment for pancreatic diseases: Needle-knife-guided cannulation
via the minor papilla. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(19): 5950-5960 - URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i19/5950.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i19.5950