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Prospective randomized study of endoscopic biliary stone extraction using either a basket or a balloon catheter: the BasketBall study.

Noritaka OzawaIchiro YasudaShinpei DoiTakuji IwashitaMasahito ShimizuTsuyoshi MukaiMasanori NakashimaTesshin BanIssei KojimaKoichiro MatsudaMitsuru MatsudaYusuke IshidaYoshinobu OkabeNobuhiro AndoKeisuke Iwata
Published in: Journal of gastroenterology (2016)
Basket and balloon catheters showed similar efficacies for endoscopic biliary stone extraction when stone size is 11 mm or smaller.
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  • ultrasound guided
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