Gregory A Coté, B Joseph Elmunzer, Haley Nitchie, Richard S Kwon, Field F Willingham, Sachin Wani, Vladimir Kushnir, Amitabh Chak, Vikesh Singh, Georgios Papachristou, Adam Slivka, Martin Freeman, Srinivas Gaddam, Priya Jamidar, Paul Tarnasky, Shyam Varadarajulu, Lydia D Foster, Peter B Cotton
OBJECTIVE: Sphincter of Oddi Disorders (SOD) are contentious conditions in patients whose abdominal pain, idiopathic acute pancreatitis (iAP) might arise from pressurization at the sphincter of Oddi. The present study aimed to measure the benefit of sphincterotomy for suspected SOD. DESIGN: Prospective cohort conducted at 14 U.S. centers with 12 months follow-up. Patients undergoing first-time ERCP with sphincterotomy for suspected SOD were eligible: pancreatobiliary-type pain with or without iAP...
April 19, 2024: medRxiv