Influence of Bile Duct Stones on Patient Features and Effect of Endoscopic Sphincterotomy on Early Outcome of Edematous Gallstone Pancreatitis

p = 0.01)], but the length of hospital stay was similar: [4–39 (median 11) days vs. 4–19 (median 9) days ( p = 0.05)]. Cholangitis at acute admission was more common in group 1 than in group 2 patients (31% vs. 7%; p = 0.02), whereas a history of pancreatitis was noted more often in group 2 patients (49% vs. 8%; p Correspondence to: L.-E. Hammarstrom, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Surgery, Malarsjukhuset, S-631 88 Eskilstuna, Sweden