Table 1.
Tools and methods for cannulation
| Standard techniques |
| Catheters: |
| Standard |
| Steerable |
| With or without guide wire |
| Sphincterotomes: |
| Single or multi-lumen |
| Rotatable |
| With or without guide wire |
| Guidewires: |
| Nitinol |
| Hydrophilic |
| Advanced techniques without precut |
| Double wire technique |
| Over pancreatic stent |
| Precut access with |
| Needle knife: |
| Starting at orifice |
| Fistulotomy above orifice |
| Over pancreatic stent |
| Sphincterotome: |
| Erlangen sphincterotome |
| Transpancreatic with guide wire |
| Papillectomy for duct access |
| EndoUS-guided biliary access |