Endoscopic approach through the minor papilla for the management of pancreatic diseases

Table 3 Patient characteristics and short-term outcomes of therapeutic interventions through the minor papilla

Patients	Age/sex	Session	Disease	Causes of difficult access through the major papilla	Intervention	Technical success/failure	Short-term outcome	Complication
1	13/F	1	Trauma	MPD injury		Failure	NA	None
2	62/M	2	Pseudocyst	Compression of WD	EMP + ENPD	Success	Appropriate drainage	None
		3	Pseudocyst	Compression of WD	Exchange of EPS	Success	Appropriate drainage	None
		4	Pseudocyst	Compression of WD	Removal of EPS	Success	Collapse of pseudocyst	None
3	69/M	5	CP	Distortion of WD	EMP + EPS	Success	Pain relief	None
4	36/M	6	CP	Distortion of WD	EMP + EPS	Success	Pain relief	None
5	69/M	7	CP	Divisum	EMP + EPS	Success	Pain relief	None
		8	CP	Divisum	Balloon dilation	Success	Pain relief	None
6	64/M	9	Pseudocyst	Compression of WD	EMP + ENPD	Success	Ineffective1	None
7	40/M	10	RAP	Stenosis of WD	EMP + EPS	Success	Appropriate drainage	PEP
		11	RAP	Stenosis of WD	Exchange of EPS	Success	No recurrence	None
8	36/M	12	RAP	Divisum	EMP + ENPD	Success	Appropriate drainage	None
		13	RAP	Divisum	Exchange of EPS	Success	No recurrence	None
9	62/M	14	CP	Divisum	EMP + EPS	Success	Pain relief	None
10	74/M	15	CP	Divisum	EMP + EPS	Success	Pain relief	None
11	42/M	16	CP	Distortion of WD		Failure	NA	None
12	68/F	17	CP	Distortion of WD	EMP + EPS	Success	Pain relief	None
13	68/M	18	RAP	Distortion of WD	EMP + EPS	Success	No recurrence	None

¹Required a surgical procedure. F: Female; M: Male; CP: Chronic pancreatitis; RAP: Recurrent acute pancreatitis; MPD: Main pancreatic duct; WD: Wirsung’s duct; EMP: Endoscopic minor papillotomy; EPS: Endoscopic pancreatic stent; ENPD: Endoscopic nasopancreatic drainage; PEP: Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis; NA: Not available.