Placement of prophylactic pancreatic stents to prevent post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis in high-risk patients: A meta-analysis

Table 4 Incidence of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis in subjects with unsuccessful stent placement

Ref.	Candidate for stent (n)	Successful placement (n)	Unsuccessful placement (n)	PEP (n)
Lee et al[17]	50	48	2	1
Sofuni et al[14]	203	186	17	3
Ito et al[19]	35	32	3	1
Sofuni et al[15]	98	94	4	0

PEP: Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis.