Safety of immediate endoscopic sphincterotomy in acute suppurative cholangitis caused by choledocholithiasis

Table 3 Outcome of patients subjected to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

		Elective EST group (n = 28)	P value
Immediate EST group (n = 59)
Normalization of body temperature	1.37 ± 1.86	1.68 ± 2.83	0.6
Normalization of WBC	2.19 ± 2.87	1.39 ± 1.13	0.06
Normalization of CRP	9.12 ± 7.73	13.75 ± 9.32	0.017
Time to discharge	16.79 ± 11.89	21.75 ± 14.1	0.09
Immediate EST with stone extraction group (n = 18)
Normalization of body temperature	1.61 ± 0.98	1.68 ± 2.83	0.92
Normalization of WBC	1.78 ± 0.9	1.39 ± 1.13	0.53
Normalization of CRP	7.0 ± 5.7	13.75 ± 9.32	0.008
Time to discharge	13.2 ± 7.5	21.75 ± 14.1	0.02

CRP: C-reactive protein; EST: Endoscopic sphincterotomy; WBC: White blood cells.