Clinical Study
Preventive Role of Wire-Guided Cannulation to Reduce Hyperamylasemia and Pancreatitis Following Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
Table 1
Baseline characteristics and medical history in guidewire and conventional therapy groups.
| | Characteristics | Guidewire group () | Conventional group () | value |
| | Female gender | 270 (49.5) | 105 (52.0) | 0.724 | | Age (Years) | | | 0.065 | | Medical history | | | | | Diabetes mellitus | 63 (11.5) | 20 (9.9) | 0.570 | | Hypertension | 107 (19.6) | 31 (15.3) | 0.266 | | Coronary artery disease | 51 (9.3) | 10 (5.0) | 0.070 | | Cigarette smoking | 65 (11.9) | 26 (12.9) | 0.751 | | Alcohol using | 16 (2.9) | 5 (2.5) | 0.745 | | Opium addiction | 29 (5.3) | 11 (5.4) | 0.945 | | Cholecystectomy | 198 (36.3) | 71 (35.1) | 0.846 | | Previous ERCP | 63 (11.5) | 4 (2.0) | <0.001 | | Biliary stone | 74 (13.6) | 1 (0.5) | <0.001 | | Cirrhosis | 8 (1.5) | 3 (1.5) | 0.999 |
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Data are presented as mean ± SD or number (percentage).
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