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 |
1
Successful endotherapy: No recurrences of AP in the follow up after one to three ERCP sections;
2
Unsuccessful endotherapy: Recurrences of AP after three ERCP sections. AP: Acute pancreatitis; CP: Chronic pancreatitis; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.