Peroral Pancreatoscopy-Guided Lithotripsy Compared with Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy in the Management of Pancreatic Duct Stones in Chronic Pancreatitis: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.
Keisuke IwataTakuji IwashitaTsuyoshi MukaiYuhei IwasaMitsuru OkunoKensaku YoshidaAkinori MarutaShinya UemuraIchiro YasudaMasahito ShimizuPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
POPS-L and ESWL exhibited comparable treatment outcomes in terms of stone clearance, complications, and recurrence rates. Furthermore, POPS-L is advantageous due to the need for fewer sessions to achieve pancreatic stone clearance.