Beta
24167

Double Guidewire Technique versus Transpancreatic Sphincterotomy for Difficult Biliary Cannulation

Article

Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Background: The standard biliary cannulation technique has been reported to fail in approximately 5– 20% of cases so, several supplementary techniques have been recommended to facilitate access to the common bile duct (CBD); Double-guidewire technique (DGT) and transpancreaticsphincterotomy (TPS) are effective method in cases of standard biliary cannulation failure. Objective: To compare the outcomes between DGT and TPS in patients with difficult biliary cannulation regarding the procedure duration, success rate and complications. Patients and Methods: This was a randomized study conducted in Al-Hussein University Hospital, Endoscopy Unit in the period between May, 2016 to October, 2017. A total of 40 patients, who bile duct cannulation was not possible and selective pancreatic duct cannulation was achieved were randomized into DGT (n = 19) and TPS (n = 21) groups. DGT or TPS was done for selective biliary cannulation. We measured the technical success rates of biliary cannulation, median cannulation time, and procedure related complications. Results: The distribution of patients after randomization was balanced, and both groups were comparable in baseline characteristics. There was no significant difference between both groups regarding age and sex distribution, clinical presentation, laboratory findings and sonographic findings. Successful cannulation rate and mean cannulation times in DGT and TPS groups were 94.7% vs 95.2% and 20.1 ± 8.7min vs 21.5 ± 7.8min, P = 0.602, respectively. There was no significant difference between the two groups. Conclusion: When free bile duct cannulation was difficult and selective pancreatic duct cannulation was achieved, DGT and TPS facilitated biliary cannulation and showed similar success rates. However, post-procedure pancreatitis and Cholangitis were significantly higher in the DGT group.

DOI

10.21608/ejhm.2019.24167

Keywords

ERCP, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography, DGT, TPS, Transpancreaticsphincterotomy

Authors

First Name

Mohie Eldin Mohamed

Last Name

Amer

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed Abdel Rasheed Abdel Khalik

Last Name

Allam

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed Hamza

Last Name

Al-Sisi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

Email

abo_hamaza2751@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

74

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

4427

Issue Date

2019-01-01

Receive Date

2019-01-10

Publish Date

2019-01-01

Page Start

764

Page End

770

Print ISSN

1687-2002

Online ISSN

2090-7125

Link

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/article_24167.html

Detail API

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=24167

Order

7

Type

Original Article

Type Code

606

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

Publication Link

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Double Guidewire Technique versus Transpancreatic Sphincterotomy for Difficult Biliary Cannulation

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023