Endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation and endoscopic papillary balloon dilation both without sphincterotomy for removal of large bile duct stones: A propensity-matched analysis.
Ryunosuke HakutaShuhei KawahataHirofumi KogureYousuke NakaiKei SaitoTomotaka SaitoTsuyoshi HamadaNaminatsu TakaharaRie UchinoSuguru MizunoTakeshi TsujinoMinoru TadaNaoya SakamotoHiroyuki IsayamaKazuhiko KoikePublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2018)
EPLBD without EST showed higher efficacy for removal of LBDS but was associated with worse long-term outcomes when compared to EPBD.