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作者: Quiros, J Antonio ; Huang, Clifton ; Liu, Quin Y ; Fishman, Douglas S ; Dua, Kulwinder ; Amankwah, Ernest ; Faraci, Simona ; Piester, Travis ; Torroni, Filippo ; Troendle, David M ; Morrison, John ; Barth, Bradley A ; Ruan, Wenly ; Martinez, Mercedes ; Dall'oglio, Luigi ; Kim, Kyung Mo ; Khalaf, Racha T ; Gugig, Roberto ; Mamula, Petar ; Bitton, Sam ; Wilsey, Michael ; Giefer, Matthew ; De Angelis, Paola ; Gupta, Rekha ; Zheng, Yuhua ; Werlin, Steven ; Grover, Amit ; Fox, Victor L
This study examines the role of trainee involvement with pediatric endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and whether it affects the procedure’s success, post-procedural adverse outcomes, and duration. A secondary analysis of the Pediatric ERCP Database Initiative, an international database, was performed. Consecutive ERCPs on children <19 years of age from 18 centers were entered prospectively into the database. In total 1124 ERCPs were entered into the database, of which 320 (28%) were performed by trainees. The results showed that the presence of trainees did not impact technical success (P = 0.65) or adverse events rates (P = 0.43). Rates of post-ERCP pancreatitis, pain, and bleeding were similar between groups (P > 0.05). Fewer cases involving trainees were in the top quartile (>58 minutes) of procedural time (19% vs 26%; P = 0.02). Overall, our findings indicate trainee involvement in pediatric ERCP is safe.