Prophylactic Biliary Stenting After Stone Clearance Improves the Safety of Needle-Knife Fistulotomy: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.

JGH Open · 2025 · PMC12310865 · PMID 40747352

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borderline significantp = 0.054so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Patients with biliary stent had a borderline significant lower rate of post‐ ERCP pancreatitis (2.3% vs. 13.1%, p = 0.054).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

While reduction in PEP with stenting did not reach statistical significance, the observed effect sizes may still be clinically meaningful.

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