Comparison of endoscopic papillary balloon dilatation and endoscopic sphincterotomy for bile duct stones

Table 2 Comparison of long term prognosis between endoscopic papillary balloon dilatation and endoscopic sphincterotomy

Ref.	Sample size (EPBD/EST)	Follow-up period	Total	Stone recurrence	Cholangitis	Cholecystitis	Liver abscess	Biliary cancer
Bergman et al[12]	101/101	6 mo	18%/23%	7.9%/6.9%	-	1.3%/9.9%	0%/1.0%	-
Ochi et al[13]	51/54	Median 23 mo	3.9%/14.8%	3.9%/5.6%	3.9%/3.7%	3.3%/18.5%	-	-
Yasuda et al[14]	235/126	Median 37.4/36.3 mo	-	10%/14%	0%/3.2%	2.0%/8.8%	-	-
Natsui et al[16]	68/69	Median 30 mo	5.9%/8.7%	4.4%/4.3%	-	3.6%/7.9%	-	-
Vlavianos et al[17]	103 /99	12 mo	11.7%/15.2%	1.9%/3.0%	1.9%/1.0%	1.9%/2.0%	-	-
Lin et al[21]	51/53	Median 16 mo	-	5.9%/7.5%	-	-	-	-
Yasuda et al[51]	138 /144	Median 6.7 yr	10.1%/25.0%1	7.8%/17.4%1	0%/2.8%	5.5%/8.3%	0%/1.4%	0%/0.7%

¹P < 0.05. EPBD: Endoscopic papillary balloon dilatation; EST: Endoscopic sphincterotomy.