A Novel Round Insulated Tip Papillotome as an Alternative to the Classic Needle-Knife for Precut Sphincterotomy in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Table 2

Efficacy and safety of precut papillotomy procedures.

	NKS group ()	r-ITP group ()	value
Successful cannulation, (%)	60 (85.7)	62 (89.9)	0.46
Post-ERCP pancreatitis, (%)	3 (4.9)	2 (2.9)	0.67
Mild bleeding, (%)	1 (1.4)	1 (1.4)	0.99
Prophylactic PD stenting, (%)	8 (11.4)	7 (10.1)	0.81
Perforation, (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	N/A
Death, (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	N/A

N/A: not available.