Even in referral centers in which large numbers of procedures are performed every year and which have expert, well-trained, highly qualified personnel to do these procedures, ERCPs result in complications in up to 10% of the patients who undergo this procedure. Mortality rates are as high as 1% 3, 4.
Aun en centros de referencia, en los que además de garantizarse un número adecuado de procedimientos al año, son realizados por personal experto, entrenado y capacitado para tal fin, las complicaciones de la CPRE se presentan hasta en un 10% con una mortalidad hasta del 1% 3, 4.