Results of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedures at surgical clinics: A multicenter observational study in Türkiye

Table 1 General features of the patients, procedure and the centers, n (%)

Characteristic		Value
Mean age, years	Female	56.5
	Male	55.9
Average length of hospital stay, days		8.91
Gender	Female	33633 (50.2)
	Male	33360 (49.8)
Number of participants in the clinic with high or low volume	> 200 (high)	12 (86)
	< 200 (low)	2 (14)
Process	Urgent	29250 (43.6)
	Elective	37743 (56.4)
Anesthesia	General anesthesia	56367 (84.1)
	Sedation	10626 (15.9)
Preop rectal diclofenac administration	Yes	20085 (29.9)
	No	46908 (70.0)
Comorbidity		32188 (48.0)
Successful cannulation rate		60830 (90.8)
Complication rate		3651 (5.6)
Complete bile duct clearance rate of bile stones		44334 (84)
Successful stenting of malignant or benign strictures		1850 (82)
Pre-cut at the beginning or throughout the procedure		10107 (15.0)

Table 2 Indications for ERCP in the patients, n (%)

Indications	Value
Bile duct stone	52778 (78.7)
Pancreas tumor	2627 (3.9)
Papillary tumor	2238 (3.3)
Cholangiocarcinoma	1755 (2.6)
Oddi sphincter dysfunction	1654 (2.4)
Bile leakage after cholecystectomy	1401 (2.0)
Bile leakage after cyst hydatid surgery	1320 (1.9)
Biliary stricture	1143 (1.7)
Other	2077 (3.1)
Total	66993 (100)

Table 3 Complications, n (%)

Complications	Value
Hyperamylasemia	3142 (4.6)
Acute pancreatitis	2370 (3.5)
Cholangitis	594 (0.8)
Bleeding	346 (0.5)
Stent migration	198 (0.2)
Perforation	105 (0.15)
Stone basket entrapment	38 (0.05)