EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY, cilt.30, sa.9, ss.1009-1012, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
Background The use of needle-knife fistulotomy technique in patient with periampullary diverticula (PAD) for biliary duct cannulation may lead to risk of complications. The present study aimed to investigate the association between PAD and the complications of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), unsuccessful cannulation rates and to determine the rates of cannulation complications using sphincterotomy and needle-knife fistulotomy.