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Table 1 Indications and outcomes from paediatric ERCP and EUS case series published between 2000 and 2015

From: Paediatric pancreaticobiliary endoscopy: a 21-year experience from a tertiary hepatobiliary centre and systematic literature review

Author and year

Number of patients

Adult or paediatric endoscopist

Number of procedures

Procedure type

Indication for ERCP / EUS

Technical success

% (n)

Therapy performed

% (n)

Adverse events

% (n)

Hsu RK

2000 [7]

22

Adult

34

ERCP

AP (6), recurrent pancreatitis (5), CP (11)

NR

53% (18)

6% (2)

Poddar U

2001 [8]

72

Paediatric

84

ERCP

Suspected biliary tract disease (44), suspected choledochal cysts (14), extrahepatic portal venous obstruction before shunt surgery (19), suspected CBD stone (2), histiocytosis with cholestatic jaundice (2), bile leak (2), autoimmune hepatitis (1), CP or recurrent pancreatitis (14), pancreatic ascites or fistula (6), recurrent abdominal pain (8)

97% (70/72)

30% (22)

8% (6)

Prasil P

2001 [9]

20

Adult

21

ERCP

Biliary indication (15), pancreatic indication (6)

91% (19)

48% (10)

33% (7)

Varadarajulu S 2004 [29]

116

Adult

163

ERCP

Suspected biliary obstruction (47), Bile leak (9), Pancreatitis (acute gallstone, CP, recurrent) (58), traumatic PD injury (2)

98% (161)

67% (77)

2.5% (3)

Cheng CL

2005 [10]

245

Adult

329

ERCP

Biliary pathology (93), pancreatic pathology (111), abdominal pain, suspected biliary or pancreatic origin (41)

98% (322)

71% (235)

9.7% (32)

Varadarajulu S 2005 [36]

14

Adult

15

EUS

AP or recurrent pancreatitis (6), suspected biliary obstruction (5), abdominal pain (3)

100% (15)

0% (0)

0% (0)

Durakbasa CU 2008 [11]

28

Adult

32

ERCP

Biliary pathology (21), pancreatic pathology (7)

100% (32)

63% (20)

6% (2)

Cohen S

2008 [37]

32

Adult

32

EUS

Recurrent pancreatitis (9), pancreatic mass (6), obstructive jaundice (4), oesophageal stenosis (4), oesophageal mass (2), duodenal indication (1), stomach and rectal indication (2)

100% (32)

0% (0)

0% (0)

Attila T

2009 [38]

38

Adult

40

EUS

Pancreatitis (10), solid pancreatic mass (7), cystic pancreatic mass (1), CP + cyst (1), suspected annular pancreas (1), coeliac plexus block (1), CBD stone (1), abdominal pain and atrophic pancreas (1), ampullary adenoma (1), abnormal MRCP (1)

100% (40)

5% (2) Coeliac plexus block

0% (0)

Vegting IL

2009 [12]

61

Adult

99

ERCP

Biliary atresia (26), choledochal cyst (7), cholestasis (6), CBD stone (5), Bile leak post surgery (4), traumatic liver injury (1), PSC (1), portal cavenoma (1), pancreatitis (4), traumatic pancreatic injury (3), pseudocyst (2), pancreaticoblastoma (1)

100% (99)

60% (60)

4% (4)

Li ZS

2010 [39]

42

Adult

110

ERCP

CP (42)

100% (110)

100% (110)

17.3% (19)

Jang JY

2010 [13]

122

Paediatrica

245

ERCP

AP (7), recurrent AP (11), CP (20), trauma (3), pancreatic mass (2), choledochal cysts (40), choledocholithiasis (24), suspected sclerosing cholangitis (8), trauma (2), other (4)

98% (241)

78% (190)

18% (45)

Otto AK

2011 [14]

167

Adult

231

ERCP

CP or recurrent pancreatitis (106), AP (42), CBD stone (26), choledochal cyst (2), congenital biliary obstruction (2), malignant biliary obstruction (1)

100% (231)

69% (159)

4.7% (11)

Troendle DM 2013 [40]

65

Paediatric

65

ERCP

Choledocholithiasis (65)

98% (64)

100% (100)

8% (5)

Enestvedt BK 2013 [41]

296

Adult

429

ERCP

Abnormal liver-associated enzymes (109), CBD stone (107), follow-up ERCP (52), recurrent pancreatitis (47), suspected bile or pancreatic duct leak (45), cholangitis (27), jaundice (23), abdominal pain (12), cyst drainage (4), PD endotherapy (3)

95% (408)

64% (275)

7.7% (33)

Limketkai BN 2013 [24]

154

Adult

289

ERCP

CBD stone (52), elevated transaminases (25), PSC (16), stent removal (12), cholangitis (7), CBD stricture (7), bile leak (6), choledochal cyst (7), chronic abdominal pain (8), recurrent pancreatitis or CP (110), stent removal (33), pseudocyst (18), PD stone (14), AP (9), PD stricture (3), PD disruption (2), pancreatic mass (2), post-operative pancreatic fistula (2)

94% (272)

86% (247)

5.9% (17)

Halvorson L 2013 [42]

45

Adult

70

ERCP

CBD stone (17), PD leak (5), bile duct leak (12), PD stricture (1), CBD stricture (3), pancreas divisum (5), CP (1), pseudocyst (2), ampullary adenoma (1), SOD (2), recurrent AP (5), PSC (2)

99% (69)

100% (70)

7.1% (5)

Agarwal J

2014 [1]

172

Adult

221

ERCP

Abdominal pain (153), pancreatic fistula (11), symptomatic pseudocyst (4), and jaundice (3)

100% (221)

71% (157)

4.7% (8)

Kieling CO

2014 [43]

60

Adult

75

ERCP

Bile duct obstruction (49.3%), sclerosing cholangitis (18.7%), post-surgery complication (12%), biliary stent (10.7%), choledochal cyst (5.3%), and pancreatitis (4%)

95% (57)

73% (55)

9.7% (7)

Liu W

2014 [44]

(Abstract)b

68

Unknown

102

ERCP

Bile duct stone (37), PD stone (8), bile duct benign stricture (7), other (16)

100% (102)

NR

4% (4)

Oracz G

2014 [45]

157

Adult

481

ERCP

CP (481)

99% (475)

46% (223-PD stent)

1.9% (9)

Saito T

2014 [46]

220

Paediatric

235

ERCP

Choledochal cyst (92), biliary atresia (62), other (cholelithiasis, hepatitis, pancreatitis, choledocholithiasis) (66)

96% (225)

3% (8)

9.8% (23)

Scheers I

2015 [5]

48

Adult

52

EUS (+/− combined ERCP)

Suspected biliary obstruction (20), AP or CP (20), pancreatic mass (3), pancreatic trauma (7), ampullary adenoma (2)

98% (51)

25% (13)

3.8% (2)

Giefer MJ

2015 [47]

276

Adult

425

ERCP

Biliary obstruction (184) CP (114), suspected SOD (38), AP (29), relapsing pancreatitis (8), other (52)

95% (403)

81% (346)

8.8% (28)

Ford K

2015 [48]

9

Adult

9

ERCP

CP (9)

78% (7)

78% (7)

0% (0)

  1. ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography, EUS endoscopic ultrasound, NR not recorded, CBD common bile duct, MRCP magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, PD pancreatic duct, SOD sphincter oddi dysfunction, AP acute pancreatitis, CP chronic pancreatitis, PSC primary sclerosing Cholangitits
  2. a= adult endoscopist supervision in initial and complex cases
  3. b=article in Chinese, English abstract only