Influence of night duty on endoscopic therapy for bile duct stones

Table 6 Reasons for not performing endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation

	ND Group	DD Group	P value
	(n = 34)	(n = 99)
Patients with EPLBD indication, n (%)	20 (58.8)	44 (44.4)	0.15
Patients in whom EPLBD was performed (shown in Table 3)	16	19
Reasons for not performing EPLBD
AOSC	1	5
Narrow lower bile duct	1	1
Biliary stricture	1	0
Minor bleeding of Vater’s papilla	1	0
No insurance coverage for EPLBD	0	5
96 years old and performance status 3	0	1
Gallstone pancreatitis	0	3
Antithrombotic drug therapy	0	4
Difficulty identifying the biliary anastomotic region	0	2
Smaller stones on visual inspection	0	2
Difficulty identifying the Vater papilla	0	1
Double tract reconstruction	0	1

EPLBD: Endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation; AOSC: Acute obstructive suppurative cholangitis.