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. 2018 May 1;29(3):325–334. doi: 10.5152/tjg.2018.17378

Table 2.

Summary of published studies on endoscopic ampullectomy

Study Year Patients (N) Success N (%) Histology Complications (%) Recurrence N (%) Surgery N (%) Mortality
Binmoeller (17) 1993 25 23 (92%) 25 adenomas (18 MGD, 1 HGD) Pancreatitis (12%)
Bleeding (8%)
6 (26%) 3 (12%) 0
Vogt (18) 2000 18 12 (67%) 18 adenomas Pancreatitis (11%)
Bleeding (11%)
Stent occlusion (6%)
6 (33%) 3 (17%)
Park (19) 2000 6 5 (83%) 4 adenomas
2 carcinomas
Pancreatitis (33%) 0 1 (17%)
Zadorova (20) 2001 16 13 (81%) 16 adenomas Pancreatitis (13%)
Bleeding (13%)
3 (19%) 1 (6%)
Desilets (21) 2001 13 12 (92%) 13 adenomas (1 HGD) Pancreatitis (8%) 0 1 (8%)
Norton (22) 2002 26 26 (100%) 25 adenoma
1 carcinoma
1 inflammatory polyp
1 normal papilla
Bleeding (8%)
Acute pancreatitis (15%)
Pancreatitis due to
PD stenosis (8%)
Perforation (4%)
2(10%) 1 (4%)
Cheng (23) 2004 55 39 (74%) 45 adenoma (7 HGD)
5 carcinoma
2 carcinoid
1 gastric heterotopia
2 normal histology
Pancreatitis (9%)
Bleeding (7%)
Perforation (2%)
9 (16%) 7 (13%)
Catalano (24) 2004 103 83 (80%) 97 adenoma (14 HGD)
6 carcinoma
Pancreatitis (5%)
Papillary stenosis (3%)
Bleeding (2%)
20 (20%) 16 (16%)
Moon (25) 2005 6 6 (100%) 6 adenoma Pancreatitis (17%)
Cholangitis (17%)
0 0
Han (26) 2005 22 16 (73%) 14 adenoma (3 HGD)
2 adenocarcinoma
1 carcinoid
3 chronic inflammation
1 adenomatous hyperplasia
1 cavernous lymphangioma
Bleeding (18%)
Papillary stenosis (% 5)
Perforation (%5)
Cholangitis (%5)
Abnormal LTs (%5)
1 (4.5%) 0 0
Bohnaker (27) 2005 106 73 (73%) 92 adenoma (18 HGD)
4 carcinoma
1 lymphangioma
12 hyperplastic
Bleeding (13%)
Pancreatitis (6%)
15 (15%) 19 (19%)
Harewood (28) 2005 19 NR NR Pancreatitis (16%)
Cholangitis (5%)
Abdominal pain (5%)
NR NR
Katsinelos (29) 2006 14 11 (79%) 11 adenoma
3 carcinoma
Pancreatitis (7%)
Bleeding (7%)
2 (18%) 3 (21%)
Boix (30) 2008 21 6 (28.5%) 11 adenoma (4 HGD)
10 carcinoma
Pancreatitis (19%)
Bleeding (5%)
1 (16.6%) 15 (71.4%)

Jung (31) 2008 22 12 (55%) 11 adenoma (2 HGD)
9 carcinoma
1 lymphoma
1 inflammation
Pancreatitis (18%)
Bleeding (5%)
Perforation (5%)
2 (16.7%) 6 (27%)
Irani (32) 2009 102 86 (84%) 94 adenoma
8 carcinoma
Pancreatitis (10%)
Bleeding (5%)
Perforation (2%)
Cholangitis (1%)
Papillary stenosis (3%)
8 (8%) 16 (16%)
Yamao (33) 2010 36 29 (81%) 26 adenoma
8 carcinoma
1 hyperplastic
1 inflammation
Pancreatitis (8%)
Bleeding (8%)
Biliary stenosis (3%)
1 (3%) 1 (3%)
Malet (34) 2011 42 39 (93%) 30 adenoma (10 HGD and CIS)
7 inflammatory
2 somatostatinoma
Pancreatitis (14%)
Bleeding (7%)
Cholangitis (2%)
4 (10%) 4 (%10)
Patel (35) 2011 38 38 (100%) 38 adenoma (6 HGD) Pancreatitis (8%)
Bleeding (5%)
Infection (3%)
6 (16%) 0
Salmi (36) 2012 61 56 (82%) 33 adenoma (11 HGD)
10 adenocarcinoma
3 endocrine carcinoma
16 no dysplasia
Pancreatitis (10%)
Bleeding (5%)
Perforation (3%)
3 (5 %) 5 (8%)
Laleman (37) 2013 91 71 (78%) 65 adenoma (19 HGD)
16 carcinoma
12 non-specific
Pancreatitis (15%)
Bleeding (12%)
Cholangitis (4%)
13 (18%) 14 (15%)
Napoleon (38) 2014 93 84 (90 %) 66 adenoma (32 HGD)
13 carcinoma
7 Inflammation
3 Adenomyomatosis
3 Brunner gland
1 neuroendocrine tumor
Pancreatitis (20%)
Bleeding (10%)
Perforation (3.6%)
Biliary (7 %)
Papillary stenosis (1.8%)
5 (5.3%) 5 (5.3%) 1
De Palma (39) 2015 27 25 (93%) 22 adenoma (4 HGD)
3 adenocarcinoma
Pancreatitis (11%)
Bleeding (7%)
1 (4%) 2 (7%)
Tsuji (40) 2015 115 113 (98.2%) 85 adenoma
13 cancer in adenoma
10 cancer
7 hyperplasia
Pancreatitis (10.2 %)
Bleeding (18 %)
Perforation (2.6%)
Cholangitis (1.7%)
Papillary stenosis (4.3%)
NR 1 (0.9%) 1
Current Study 44 40 (91%) 18 adenoma (4 HGD)
9 adenocarcinoma
7 tubullovillous adenoma
5 tubullovillous adenoma with mucosal carcinoma
1 neuroendocrine tumor
1 ganglioneuroma
1 hamartomatous polyp
1 adenofibroma
1 Brunner gland hyperplasia
Bleeding (6.8%)
Pancreatitis (4.5%)
Abdominal pain (2.3%)
Stent migration (2.3%)
7 (17%) 3 (6.8%) 0
Total 1121 918 (81.8%) 872 adenoma (79%)
137 carcinoma (12.3%)
84 non-neoplastic (7.6%)
11 NET (1 %)
1 Lymphoma
Pancreatitis (10.3%)
Bleeding (8.9%)
Perforation (1.7%)
Stenosis (1.5%)
Cholangitis (1%)
115 (11.6%) 127 (11.3%) 2 (% 0.1)

MGD: moderate grade dysplasia; HGD: high grade dysplasia; CIS: carcinoma in situ; PD: pancreatic duct; LTs: liver tests; NR: not reported; NET: neuroendocrine tumor