Clinical Study
Optimal Positioning for ERCP: Efficacy and Safety of ERCP in Prone versus Left Lateral Decubitus Position
| | Prone () | LLD () | value |
| | ERCP indication | | | | | Choledocholithiasis; (%) | 16 (41%) | 11 (55%) | | | Malignant stricture; (%) | 8 (21%) | 5 (25%) |
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| | Benign stricture; (%) | 3 (8%) | 1 (5%) | | Other; (%) | 12 (31%) | 3 (15%) | | | ASA class | | | | | (1) Healthy | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | | | (2) Mild disease | 26 (67%) | 12 (60%) | | | (3) Severe disease | 11 (28%) | 4 (20%) |
0.26 | | (4) Severe threat to life | 2 (5%) | 4 (20%) | | | (5) Moribund | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | | | Schutz score | | | | | (1) Simple diagnostic ERCP | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | | | (2) Simple therapeutic ERCP | 9 (23%) | 5 (25%) | | | (3) Complex diagnostic ERCP | 1 (3%) | 2 (10%) |
0.22 | | (4) Complex therapeutic ERCP | 19 (49%) | 5 (25%) | | | (5) Very advanced ERCP | 9 (23%) | 8 (40%) | |
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