Early precut sphincterotomy and the risk of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography related complications: An updated meta-analysis

Figure 3 Overall post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis. A: Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis rates of the two groups are shown in Forest plot. The risk for post-ERCP pancreatitis was 3.9% (19 cases out of 481 patients) in precut group and 6.1 % (34 cases out of 558 patients) in the persistent attempts group. The pooled analysis did not show any statistically significant difference between the two groups with an OR 0.59 (95%CI: 0.32-1.07); B: The overall post-ERCP pancreatitis rates after excluding studies where direct pre-cut was performed. The results were unchanged. EPC: Early pre cut; PA: Persistent attempts.