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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-966724
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Case series of transpancreatic septotomy as precutting technique for difficult bile duct cannulation
Publikationsverlauf
submitted 13 February 2007
accepted after revision 12 June 2007
Publikationsdatum:
17. August 2007 (online)
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Background and study aims: Transpancreatic septotomy can be used instead of other precut techniques to facilitate bile duct cannulation after multiple failed attempts. Within the framework of a prospective randomized study on pentoxifylline, precut cases were retrospectively analyzed.
Patients and methods: Of 320 endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographies (ERCPs) in 306 patients with various indications who had a naïve papilla, 34 cases of transpancreatic septotomy were identified and compared with 15 needle-knife sphincterotomies; six patients had received both techniques for bile duct access. Complications were defined according to consensus criteria.
Results: In the 55 patients in whom precutting techniques were employed, the use of both techniques alone or in combination resulted in a final common bile duct cannulation rate of 81.8 %. Five patients developed complications (9.1 %). Of the two cases of pancreatitis (3.6 %), one was mild and one severe (combined group). Of the three cases with hemorrhage, one was mild (transpancreatic septotomy) and two severe (needle knife). In patients who underwent conventional pull-type sphincterotomy (n = 242), 6.2 % developed complications (nine pancreatitis and six hemorrhage).
Conclusion: In cases of difficult bile duct cannulation, transpancreatic septotomy seems to be a safe alternative to needle-knife precutting with reasonable success rates. It should be studied in prospective randomized trials.
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D. Kapetanos, MD
George Papanikolaou Hospital
Gastroenterology Department
Thessaloniki
Greece 57010
Fax: +30-2310-359217
eMail: dkapetan@otenet.gr