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Table 4 Influence of the endoscopic appearance of the major papilla on the success of NKF and adverse events in 361 patients

From: Influence of a novel classification of the papilla of Vater on the outcome of needle-knife fistulotomy for biliary cannulation

  Type I
n (%)
47 (13.0)
Type IIa
n (%)
128 (35.5)
Type IIb
n (%)
109 (30.2)
Type IIc
n (%)
35 (9.6)
Type IIIa
n (%)
14 (3.9)
Type IIIb
n (%)
14 (3.9)
Type IV
n (%)
14 (3.9)
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Biliary cannulation, n (%)
 Success in first ERCP 44 (93.6) 124 (96.9) 100 (91.7) 35 (100) 9 (64.3) 10 (71.4) 12 (85.7) 0.000
 Overall biliary cannulation 46 (97.9) 127 (99.2) 105 (96.3) 35 (100) 13 (92.9) 12 (85.7) 13 (92.9) 0.041
Cannulation time (mins), median (p25–p75) 14.3 (7–26) 5.0 (1–38) 8.8 (7–15) 5.5 (3–12) 8.0 (7–10) 9.5 (5–14) 8.7 (5–21) 0.0001
Adverse events, n (%)
Overal 5 (10.6) 7 (5.5) 10 (9.2) 3 (8.6) 0 2 (14.3) 0 0.549
 Pancreatitis 4 (8.5) 5 (3.9) 5 (4.6) 2 (5.7) 0 2 (14.3) 0 0.488
 Bleeding 1 (2.1) 2 (1.6) 5 (4.6) 1 (2.9) 0 0 0 0.837
 Perforation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  1. NKF, needle knife fistulotomy
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