Brushing the distal biliary stricture in the surrounding of the papilla increased the risk of post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis: A retrospective study using propensity score analysis. Issue 7 (1st November 2017) - Kato, Kunihiro
Abstract : Background and aims: Brushing cytology is useful for diagnosing biliary strictures. With regard to biliary stricture brushing at the distal common bile duct in the surrounding of the papilla, the risk of post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis is unknown. Our study aimed to evaluate the risk of post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis by using this procedure. Methods: A total of 150 endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography‐naïve patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography including biliary stricture brushing were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into two groups: the surrounding of the papilla group ( n = 25) and the other group ( n = 125). The primary outcome was the post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis incidence. We analyzed the risk of post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis by using inverse probability of treatment weighting based on propensity scores to adjust for selection bias. Results: The overall incidence of post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis was 11.3%, and post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis of the surrounding of the papilla group occurred significantly more frequently than in the other group (32.0% vs 7.2%, p < 0.01). Multivariate analysis showed that this procedure was a risk factor for post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis (odds ratio, 10.6; 95% confidence interval, 2.82–40.2; p < 0.01). In the propensity‐weighted model, this procedure was an independent risk factor for post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis (odds ratio, 8.42; 95% confidence interval, 2.12–32.4; p < 0.01) by multivariate analysis. Conclusions: Biliary stricture brushing at the distal common bile duct in the surrounding of the papilla may increase the risk of post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis compared with brushing other portions.