Clinical utility of 0.025-inch guidewire VisiGlide2TM in the endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-related procedures

Table 1 Patients’ background and disease background

		VisiGlide2TM	VisiGlideTM	P value
Sex		122 males	113 males	NS
		80 females	81 females
Age		72.871 ± 11.403 (36-98)	70.834 ± 11.824 (38-95)	NS
Disease	Bile duct stone	113	103	NS
	Cholangiocarcinoma	31	26	NS
	Chronic pancreatitis	14	18	NS
	Pancreatic cancer	18	16	NS
	Gallbladder cancer	3	6	NS
	Hepatolithiasis	1	5	NS
	Metastatic biliary obstruction	5	5	NS
	IPMN	3	4	NS
	Benign biliary stenosis	4	3	NS
	Acute cholecystitis	5	3	NS
	PSC	2	2	NS
	Postoperative bile leakage	1	1	NS
	Pancreaticobiliary maljunction	1	1	NS
	Duodenal papillary cancer	1	1	NS
Target region	Bile duct	190	180	NS
	Pancreatic duct	12	14	NS
Stenosed lesion	Present	90	77	NS
	Absent	112	117	NS
Procedure	Scheduled ERCP	157	155	NS
	Emergency	45	39	NS
Purpose	Diagnosis	10	14	NS
	Diagnosis + treatment	15	9	NS
	Treatment	177	171	NS
Papillary treatment	None	80	81	NS
	Post EST	110	101	NS
	Post EPST	12	12	NS

IPMN: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; PSC: Primary sclerosing cholangitis; EST: Endoscopic sphincterotomy; EPST: Endoscopic pancreatic sphincterotomy; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; NS: Not significant.