Pancreatic stenting after biliary sphincterotomy for sphincter of Oddi dysfunction in patients with pancreatic sphincter hypertension
Pancreatic stenting after biliary sphincterotomy for sphincter of Oddi dysfunction in patients with pancreatic sphincter hypertension
Therapy
Pancreatitis, percent
Total
Mild
Moderate
Severe
Stent (n = 41)
2
0
2
0
No stent (n = 39)
26*
13
13
0
* p = 0.003 (N.B. incidence of pancreatitis was 7 percent in the stent group when including two patients who developed pancreatitis after stent removal).
Data from: Tarnasky PR, et al. Gastroenterology 1998; 15:1518.
