Pancreatic duct guidewire (PGW) or double guidewire technique (DGT) vs other endoscopic techniques: Post‐ERCP perforation
Pancreatic duct guidewire (PGW) or double guidewire technique (DGT) showed no clear difference in post‐ERCP perforation compared with other endoscopic techniques (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Pancreatic duct guidewire (PGW) or double guidewire technique (DGT) vs other endoscopic techniques Post‐ERCP perforation · people with biliary cannulation for the prevention of post‐ERCP pancreatitis Pancreatic duct guidewire (PGW) or double guidewire technique (DGT) showed no clear difference in post‐ERCP perforation compared with other endoscopic techniques (low certainty). Pancreatic duct guidewire placement for biliary cannulation for the prevention of post‐endoscopic retrograde… (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.94 [0.06, 14.78] | 6 studies · 513 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pancreatic duct guidewire placement for biliary cannulation for the prevention of post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography… 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.