ArticleJournal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology2024
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Under General Anesthesia Compared to Conscious Sedation Study.
Article in Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Anesthetic and Sedative Regimens for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: A Network Meta-Analysis.Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of music intervention on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography patients' pain, anxiety, and vital signs: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
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Abstract
Background: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is used to diagnose and treat pancreatic and biliary disease. The current standard is to conduct ERCP under conscious sedation (CS). Patient movement and agitation during ERCP under CS can result in procedure failure and complications. Aiming to reduce procedure failure rates and complications, Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) in British Columbia, Canada transitioned to performing ERCP under general anesthesia (GA) as the practice standard. Objective: To determine if conducting ERCP under GA compared to CS decreases procedure complications, particularly post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP). Methods: The charts of 2,198 patients who underwent ERCP at KGH between 2015 and 2020 were reviewed. Before September 17, 2017, ERCP was performed under CS ( Results: Procedure failure rates (CS = 9 percent, GA = 3 percent, Conclusion: Performing ERCP under GA compared to CS resulted in an increase in procedural success rates. Other complication rates were similar between groups.
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