Quality assurance assessment of ERCP laboratory with special regards to the endoscopic treatment of acute Biliary Pancreatitis

Background: The aim of this study was to perform a quality assurance type of assessment of our routine ERCP practice. A secondary objective was to reveal any benefit or disadvantage of deviation from the guideline in our practice of the treatment of biliary pancreatitis. Records of patients undergoing ERCP in 2014 were reviewed retrospectively with respect to indication of ERCP, technical and intention of treatment success, complication rate. 457 successful ERCPs were performed by 3 skilled gastroenterologists in 332 patients. We evaluated the data of a subgroup of 242 patients with native papilla of Vater in co…