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Flowchart of the registered patients. There were 2078 patients who received endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)‐related procedures. We excluded 74 patients who already had acute pancreatitis, 63 who had undergone biliary reconstruction, and 9 in whom the endoscope could not reach the papilla of Vater. We analyzed 1932 patients.
