Large balloon dilation post endoscopic sphincterotomy in removal of difficult common bile duct stones: A literature review

Table 1 Patient outcomes after endoscopic sphincterotomy combined with large balloon dilation

Ref.	Study type	No. patients ESLBD	Dilating balloon diamete (mm)	Success at index ERCP (%)	ML (%)
Ersoz et al[9]	R	58	12-20	82.8	6.9
Bang et al[12]	P	22	12-15	72.7	9.1
Espinel et al[55]	P	22	12-20	100	3.2
Lee et al[13]	R	55	15-20	100	5.5
Minami et al[28]	R	88	20	99	1
Maydeo et al[34]	P	60	15	95	5
Heo et al[20]	RCT	100	12-20	83	8
Kim et al[51]	R	9	12-18	55	11
Attasaranya et al[29]	R	103	12-18	95	27
Misra et al[35]	R	50	15-20	100	10
Itoi et al[15]	RA	53	15-20	96	5.6
Park et al[44]	R	6	12-15	33	50
Kim et al[19]	RCT	27	15-18	85	33
Itoi et al[27]	R	18	15-18	94	22
Kim et al[42]	R	70	12-18	97	1.4
Itoi et al[52]	R	11	15-20	100	18.2
Kurita et al[43]	R	24	15-20	96	4.2
Youn et al[32]	R	101	15-20	92	6.9
Kim et al[53]	R	16	12-18	94	6.3
Itoi et al[54]	R	15	15-20	100	6.7
Stefanidis et al[17]	RCT	45	15-20	98	0
Kim et al[16]	RA	72	12-20	88	17.9
Rosa et al[14]	R	30	12-18	84	20
Paspatis et al[48]	RCT	124	15-20	86	3.2
Sakai et al[47]	R	59	12-20	83.1	13.6
Yang et al[23]	R	169	12-18	95.3	38.6
Poincloux et al[45]	R	62	15-20	95	3.2
Harada et al[25]	R	30	15-20	97	10
Yoon et al[41]	R	52	12-20	ND	23
Teoh et al[18]	RCT	73	13-15	89	28.8
Hwang et al[56]	RCT	69	12-20	94	26.1
Rosa et al[14]	RA	68	12-18	82.4	14.7

ESLBD: Endoscopic sphincterotomy combined with large balloon dilation; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; ML: Mechanical lithotripsy; R: Retrospective series; P: Prospective series; RCT: Randomized: controlled trial; RA: Retrospective analysis; ND: Not determined.