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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Nov 16, 2025; 17(11): 111243
Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.111243
Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.111243
Impact of periampullary diverticulum on the incidence of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiography pancreatitis
Juan Shu, Yu-Sheng Liao, Yuan-Jie Zhang, Wei-Lai Zhou, Heng Zhang, Department of Gastroenterology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430014, Hubei Province, China
Co-first authors: Juan Shu and Yu-Sheng Liao.
Author contributions: Shu J and Liao YS performed the research and wrote the manuscript; Zhang YJ performed the research and collected the data; Zhou WL performed the research; Zhang H designed the experiments and revised the manuscript. Shu J and Liao YS are co-first authors of this article, having contributed equally to the research and manuscript preparation.
Institutional review board statement: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Central Hospital of Wuhan (Approval No. WHZXKYL2025-135).
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of this research.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: Dataset available from the corresponding author. Participants gave informed consent for data sharing.
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Corresponding author: Heng Zhang, MD, PhD, Chief Physician, Department of Gastroen
Received: June 26, 2025
Revised: August 18, 2025
Accepted: September 23, 2025
Published online: November 16, 2025
Processing time: 141 Days and 16 Hours
Revised: August 18, 2025
Accepted: September 23, 2025
Published online: November 16, 2025
Processing time: 141 Days and 16 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study demonstrates that periampullary diverticulum (PAD), particularly type B, shows a significant as