Research Article

Number of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Procedures Required for Short Biliary Cannulation Time

Table 3

Multivariate analysis of factors related to the L group.

FactorTwo-tailed valueOdds ratio95% CI

ERCP experience of ≤300 procedures0.0012.0801.377–3.142
Diagnostic ERCP0.3490.7750.454–1.322
Juxtapapillary diverticula0.3530.8080.516–1.266
Malignant biliary stricture due to pancreatic cancer0.0281.9121.072–3.412
Malignant biliary stricture due to the other cancerous lesions0.1462.3290.745–7.276
Bile duct stone impaction at the papilla0.0670.3950.147–1.065

ERCP: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; CI: confidence interval.