Randomized trial of prophylactic antibiotics for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in patients with biliary obstruction.
Galam LeemMin Je SungJi Hoon ParkSo Jeong KimJung Hyun JoHee Seung LeeNam Su KuJeong Youp ParkSeungmin BangSeung Woo ParkSi Young SongMoon Jae ChungPublished in: The American journal of gastroenterology (2023)
Antibiotic prophylaxis before ERCP in patients with biliary obstruction resulted in a significantly lower risk of infectious complications, especially cholangitis, than placebo (ClinicalTrials.gov trial number NCT02958059).