scholarly journals Difficult Biliary Cannulation in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: An Overview of Advanced Techniques

2021 ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
Brian M. Fung ◽  
Teodor C. Pitea ◽  
James H. Tabibian
Keyword(s):  
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography ◽  
Clinical Success ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde ◽  
Biliary Cannulation ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
The Past ◽  
Difficult Biliary Cannulation ◽  
Cannulation Success

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) plays a significant role in the treatment of a vast array of pancreatobiliary diseases. However, despite significant progress in the optimisation of ERCP methods and accessories, the technical and clinical success of ERCP can vary significantly due to a variety of patient and operator factors. Over the past several decades, a number of advanced techniques have been developed to improve cannulation success rates, including the use of double-guidewire, pancreatic duct accessory-assisted, precut, and rendezvous techniques. Here, the authors provide an update and overview of the existing advanced techniques used in cases of difficult biliary cannulation, as well as the approach to their selection.

scholarly journals Difficult Biliary Cannulation in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: Definitions, Risk Factors, and Implications

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-72
Author(s):  
Brian M. Fung ◽  
Teodor C. Pitea ◽  
James H. Tabibian
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde ◽  
Biliary Cannulation ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
The Past ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Invasive Method ◽  
Difficult Biliary Cannulation

Over the past 50 years, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has become the preferred minimally invasive method of treating a vast array of pancreatobiliary diseases. An initial sine qua non for ERCP success is selective ductal cannulation. Despite significant progress in the optimisation of ERCP methods and accessories, selective biliary cannulation using conventional techniques remains unsuccessful in approximately 15% of native papilla cases. Furthermore, difficult biliary cannulation has been associated with an increased risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis, among other adverse events. Here, in the first of a two-part series, the authors provide a primer on standard biliary cannulation techniques and discuss the definition, risk factors, and implications of difficult biliary cannulation. The second part of the series will provide an overview of the existing advanced techniques used in cases of difficult biliary cannulation as well as the approach to their selection.

scholarly journals Salvage Techniques for Difficult Biliary Cannulation: A Retrospective Study of 1021 Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Cases in a Tertiary Referral Center

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shikiko Maruta ◽  
Harutoshi Sugiyama ◽  
Sadahisa Ogasawara ◽  
Chihei Sugihara ◽  
Mayu Ouchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Success Rate ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde ◽  
Biliary Cannulation ◽  
Tertiary Referral Center ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Difficult Biliary Cannulation ◽  
Needle Knife ◽  
Event Rates

Abstract Although some salvage techniques have been developed to overcome difficult biliary cannulation in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), few reports analyzed the choice of techniques and their clinical outcomes in large cohorts. This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of biliary cannulation in patients with initial treatment papillae. We retrospectively identified 1021 patients who underwent initial ERCP from January 2013 to March 2020. We investigated background factors, treatment details, success rates, and adverse event rates. Then we analyzed a series of treatment processes, including salvage techniques such as double guidewire technique (DGT), needle knife pre-cutting (NKP), and transpancreatic pre-cut papillotomy (TPPP). The initial ERCP success rate was 94.3%, and the eventual success rate was 98.3%. Salvage techniques were required in 380 of 1021 patients (37.2%), associated with long oral protrusion (OR, 2.38; 95% CI, 1.80–3.15; p < 0.001). A total of 503 cases (49.3%) had long oral protrusions, 47.5% of which required the salvage techniques, much higher than 27.5% of not-long cases. Patients with long oral protrusions had a higher frequency of NKP. In conclusion, patients with long oral protrusions frequently required salvage techniques. Appropriate strategies and salvage techniques may help to overcome many difficult biliary cannulation cases.

Comparison between a rotatable sphincterotome and a conventional sphincterotome for selective bile duct cannulation

Endoscopy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (09) ◽  
pp. 852-857
Author(s):  
Akira Kurita ◽  
Yasushi Kudo ◽  
Kenichi Yoshimura ◽  
Tadamasa Takemura ◽  
Yoshiharu Mori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bile Duct ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography ◽  
Conventional Group ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde ◽  
Biliary Cannulation ◽  
Cannulation Technique ◽  
Group 3 ◽  
Cannulation Success

Abstract Background Selective biliary cannulation (SBC) is the first challenge of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), especially for trainees, and a rotatable sphincterotome may be useful to guide the directional axis of the scope and SBC. Methods We performed a prospective randomized single-center trial, enrolling 200 patients with a native papilla who required therapeutic biliary ERCP. Patients were randomly assigned to the rotatable sphincterotome group (n = 100) or the conventional sphincterotome group (n = 100). The primary endpoint was successful SBC by the trainees within 10 minutes. Results The early and late cannulation success rates did not differ significantly between the groups (P = 0.46 and P > 0.99, respectively). For the patients in whom trainees failed to achieve SBC, the rotatable sphincterotome was used as a rescue cannulation technique in four patients from the conventional group; in no patients in the rotatable group was the conventional sphincterotome used for SBC. Post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) occurred in 11 patients (5.5 %; 6 mild, 5 moderate); the incidence did not differ significantly between the two groups (rotatable group 3 %, conventional group 8 %; P = 0.21). The two groups were thus combined for evaluation of the factors relating to cannulation difficulty for trainees, which revealed that orientation of the papilla was a significant factor (P < 0.001). Conclusions The type of sphincterotome used did not affect the success of SBC by trainees. However, orientation of the papilla was revealed to be a significant factor relating to cannulation difficulty for trainees overall.

scholarly journals Difficult Biliary Cannulation for Intradiverticular Papilla: Forceps Technique Revisited

2021 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. e191-e194
Author(s):  
Mahesh Kumar Goenka ◽  
Gajanan Ashokrao Rodge ◽  
Bhavik Bharat Shah ◽  
Shivaraj Afzalpurkar
Keyword(s):  
Bile Duct ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography ◽  
Biopsy Forceps ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde ◽  
Biliary Cannulation ◽  
Successful Cannulation ◽  
Difficult Time ◽  
Difficult Biliary Cannulation ◽  
Simultaneous Use

AbstractPeriampullary diverticula (PAD) have been encountered in 5.9 to 18.5% of patients during all the endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Cannulation in the presence of PAD can sometimes be difficult, time consuming, and often requires a higher level of endoscopic skills.Several techniques have been reported to facilitate and increase the chances of successful bile duct cannulation in the presence of PAD. The two-devices in one-channel method has been sparingly used. It involves the simultaneous use of a biopsy forceps and another instrument, either a cannula or sphincterotome through the same working channel. We successfully performed ERCP in three cases, where bile duct cannulation was performed in the setting of intradiverticular papilla using two-devices in one-channel method.We feel that the two-devices in one-channel method can be very useful and positioned higher up in the algorithm for successful cannulation in patients with PAD.

scholarly journals Is Cholecystectomy a cause of difficult biliary cannulation in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography?

2021 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
R.E. Cankurtaran ◽  
R Atalay ◽  
Y.H. Polat ◽  
F Kivrakoglu ◽  
M Tahtacı ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bile Duct ◽  
Common Bile Duct ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography ◽  
Common Bile Duct Stones ◽  
Study Patient ◽  
Bile Duct Stones ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde ◽  
Biliary Cannulation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Difficult Biliary Cannulation

Background and study aim: In European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy guidelines, biliary cannulation of naive papillae is defined as difficult in the presence of more than 5 papilla contacts, more than 5min cannulation time or more than one unintended pancreatic duct cannulation or opacification. It is not known whether cholecystectomy is a cause of difficult biliary cannulation. This study aimed to investigate whether cholecystectomy (CCY) is a cause of difficult biliary cannulation in patients who have undergone Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for choledocholithiasis. Patients and methods: Adult patients with naive papillae and those who underwent ERCP for common bile duct stones and/or sludge were included in this retrospective study. Patient demographics, clinical presentation (acute cholangitis, biliary pancreatitis or biliary colic), periprocedural data including laboratory and radiological findings and ERCP results were compared between no-CCY and post-CCY groups. Results: 438 patients were included in the present study and 347 of these patients were in the no-CCY group and 91 patients were in post-CCY group. A statistically significant difference was found in the number of patients with difficult cannulation in the post-CCY group (n=30, 33.0%) patients compared to the no- CCY group (n=67, 19.3%) (p=0.011). According the multivariate analyses results, presence of history of cholecystectomy was found an independent risk factor of difficult cannulation (Odds ratio: 2.014; 95 % Cl 1.205-3.366; p=0.008). Conclusions: The results showed that biliary cannulation was significantly more difficult in patients with cholecystectomy who underwent ERCP for common bile duct stones.

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