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. 2007 Jul 28;13(28):3855–3860. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i28.3855

Table 2.

Risk factors of post-ERCP pancreatitis

Pancreatitis (+) (n = 47) Pancreatitis (-) (n = 1244) P
Male:female 31:16 707:537 0.21
Pancreatic duct opacification 37 (78%) 838 (67%) 0.10
Difficult bile duct cannulation 7 (14%) 100 (8%) 0.09
Intraductal ultrasonography 13 (28%) 253 (20%) 0.22
Biliary sphincterotomy 12 (26%) 258 (20%) 0.42
Biliary stent placement 10 (21%) 150 (12%) 0.06
Biliary stent placement without sphx1 5 (10%) 42 (3%) 0.026
Papillary balloon dilatation 4 (8%) 46 (4%) 0.20
Cytology of the bile/pancreatic juice 4 (8%) 49 (3.9%) 0.12
Biopsy of the bile/pancreatic duct 2 (4%) 76 (6%) 0.60
Gallbladder stone 15 (32%) 433 (34%) 0.68
Choledocholithiasis 15 (32%) 298 (24%) 0.21
Cholangiocarcinoma 5 (10%) 70 (6%) 0.14
Pancreatic cancer 3 (6%) 70 (6%) 0.92
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm 5 (10%) 58 (4%) 0.12
Ampullary cancer 0 23 (2%) 0.70
Pancreaticobiliary maljunction 0 20 (2%) 0.78
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Sphx: sphincterotomy.