710 DOES ERCP POSITION MATTER? THE FIRST RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING EFFICACY AND COMPLICATIONS OF LEFT LATERAL VERSUS PRONE POSITION DURING ERCP

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a procedure used in the treatment of pancreato-biliary disease. Despite advances in technique and equipment, ERCP complications occur and can be significant. ERCP is traditionally performed with patients in prone position (PP). However, this poses a potentially increased risk of anaesthetic complications. An alternative position is the left lateral decubitus (LL) position, which is the most common position for endoscopic procedures. As there is currently no data comparing LL with PP and their success and complication rates, we conducted a study to show that LL position is non-inferior to PP for ERCP.