Research Article

Impact of a Novel Oblique-Tip Papillotome for Biliary Cannulation during ERCP: A Nonrandomized Coarsened Exact Matching Study

Table 2

Outcomes of biliary cannulation in the unmatched cohort.

OT-CGCOT-WGCST-WGC

Number of unintended pancreatic access events0.1350.214
Biliary cannulation time (seconds)0.0450.499
Frequency of rescue cannulation (%)13.75 (11/80)0.00120 (16/80)0.02236.25 (29/80)
Successful biliary cannulation rate (%)97.5 (78/80)0.00298.75 (79/1)0.00283.75 (67/80)
Incidence of PEP (%)5 (4/80)1.05 (4/80)1.06.25 (5/80)