Predictors of complications after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography – A pilot study
E Schafer, K Rábai, F Zsigmond, J Banai, T Gyökeres · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2012 · Heft 05
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Introduction: ERCP is associated with a relatively high complication rate, in published series these rates vary between 0.8 and 45%, with pancreatitis occurring in 1–8 (-40)%, cholangitis in 1–5%, retroperitoneal perforation in 1–2%, and hemorrhage in 1%. The aim of present study was to analyse post-ERCP complications in our centre prospectively with the help of a simple „bed-side scoring system”. Patients & Methods: We included all consecutive patients who underwent unselected ERCP in a 4-month period. Both patient (gender, age, previous pancreatitis, OSD, abscence of chronic pancreatitis, comorbidity, obesity,…