Endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation without sphincterotomy for users of antithrombotic agents: A multicenter retrospective study.
Ryunosuke HakutaHirofumi KogureYousuke NakaiTsuyoshi HamadaKensaku NoguchiKei SaitoTomotaka SaitoNaminatsu TakaharaSuguru MizunoHiroshi YagiokaYukiko ItoMinoru TadaHiroyuki IsayamaKazuhiko KoikePublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2019)
Endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation without EST may be done without a substantial increase in procedure-related bleeding for users of antithrombotic agents. A larger study is required to refine the management strategy for those agents during the periprocedural period.