ERCP practice at a tertiary care hospital in Kashmir, North India: a large single-center cross-sectional study with focus on quality indicators, success rate, and indications

Abstract Methods: An audit of our endoscopy center at the start of the study for quality and performance indicators and a retrospective analysis of the 4 years of the prospectively maintained data of patients who underwent ERCP regarding procedural success and indications was done. Results: The study showed that ERCP is performed by meeting good quality standards, but structured training, sedation practice, and microbiological surveillance are subpar. A total of 3544 procedures were carried out with successful cannulation of the