Endoscopic papillary balloon dilation: Revival of the old technique

Table 3 Techniques and outcomes of endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation in various studies

Ref.	Patients (n)	Extent of EST	Balloon diameter (mm)	duration of balloon dilation (s)	Overall success rate	Use of ML	Post-EPBD pancreatitis	Bleeding	Perforation	Infection	Death (n)
Ersoz et al[9]	58	Full	12-20	20-45	100%	6.9%	3%	9%	0%	3%	0
Bang et al[21]	22	small	10-15	40	100%	9.1%	4.5%	0%	0%	0%	0
Heo et al[28]	100	small	12-20	60	97%	8%	4%	0%	0%	1%	0
García-Cano et al[35]	30	Variable	10-18	60	94.5%		10%	10%	0%	3.3%	0
Stefanidis et al[30]	44	full	15-20	10-12	97.7%	0%	2.2%	2.2%	0%	0%	0
Attasaranya et al[20]	103	Full	12-18		95%	27.2%	0%	2%	1%	0%	0
Kochhar et al[18]	74	small	10-18	60	91.9%	2.7%	2.7%	8.1%	0%	0%	0
Lee et al[14]	55	small	15-20	30-60	100%	5.5%	0%	3.6%	0%	0%	0
Misra et al[22]	50	Full	15-20	30-45	100%	10%	8%	6%	0%	0%	0
Minami et al[61]	88	small	20		98.9%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	0
Maydeo et al[23]	60	Full	12-15	30	100%	5%	0%	8.3%	0%	0%	0
Itoi et al[24]	53	Full	15-20	15-30	100%	5.6%	1.9%	0%	0%	1.9%	0
Park et al[50]	946	Variable	12-20	30-180	96.9%	10.0%	2.5%	5.9%	0.9%	0.6%	4 (1 for bleeding, 3 for perforation)
Jeong et al[16]	38	Without EST	15-18	10-60	97.4%	21.1%	2.6%	0%	0%	0%	0

ML: Mechanical lithotripsy; EPBD: Endoscopic papillary balloon dilation; EST: Endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy.