Guidewire‐assisted cannulation vs contrast‐assisted cannulation: Perforation
It is very uncertain whether guidewire‐assisted cannulation changes perforation compared with contrast‐assisted cannulation (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Guidewire‐assisted cannulation vs contrast‐assisted cannulation Perforation · Patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic ERCP It is very uncertain whether guidewire‐assisted cannulation changes perforation compared with contrast‐assisted cannulation (very low certainty). Guidewire‐assisted cannulation of the common bile duct for the prevention of post‐endoscopic retrograde… (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.93 [0.11, 8.23] | 8 studies · 2522 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guidewire‐assisted cannulation of the common bile duct for the prevention of post‐endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)… 2022 · 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.