Precut biliary sphincterotomy in ERCP: Don ’t reach for the needle-knife quite so fast!

The most essential quality metrics in ERCP are high technical success for biliary access and relatively low adverse event rates.1-6 Biliary access rates>90% and adverse event rates  95% (often 98% or better).2,5 One large ERCP quality network reported 96% technical success incorporating all techniques and even higher rates for high-volume endoscopists (>200+ annually), with minimal adverse events.
Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research