Research Article

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

Table 4

The relationship between the ERCP experience and cannulation success rate or PEP.

ERCP experienceTwo-tailed value
21–100 ()101–200 ()201–300 ()301–400 ()401–500 ()>500 ()

Final cannulation success, n (%)89 (96.7)143 (95.3)102 (93.5)63 (96.9)22 (95.6)112 (95.7)0.901a
Cannulation success without operator change, n (%)55 (59.7)129 (86.0)94 (86.2)61 (93.8)22 (95.6)109 (93.1)0.000a
PEP, n (%)5 (5.4)10 (6.6)5 (4.5)5 (7.6)3 (13.0)8 (6.8)0.756a

ERCP: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; PEP: post-ERCP pancreatitis; aChi-square test.