Complications of prophylactic pancreatic stent insertion in patients with increased risk of post-ERCP Pancreatitis

Introduction: The most frequent complication of ERCP is post- ERCP pancreatitis (PEP), which occurs in 4 – 5% of the average risk patients but can be higher than 10% in high risk groups. Prophylactic pancreatic stent (PPS) insertion is recommended in high risk patient to prevent PEP. Inspite of PPS insertion PEP will develop is some cases. The aim of our study was to evaluate the complications of PPS insertion and to look for possible risk factors. Patients and methods: PPS insertion was carried out in 115 patients with increased risk for PEP between May 2009 and March 2015 in our tertiary referral center. The i…