Endoscopic Papillary Large Balloon Dilation Reduces the Need for Mechanical Lithotripsy in Patients with Large Bile Duct Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Study (year) </td><td align="center">Selection</td><td align="center">Comparability </td><td align="center">Outcome/exposure</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Itoi (2009) </td><td align="center">****</td><td align="center">**</td><td align="center">**</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Hong GY (2009) </td><td align="center">***</td><td align="center">N/A</td><td align="center">**</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Kim TH (2011) </td><td align="center">****</td><td align="center">**</td><td align="center">**</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Rosa (2013) </td><td align="center">****</td><td align="center">**</td><td align="center">**</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

The Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment in retrospective studies.

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy

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Table 2: Endoscopic Papillary Large Balloon Dilation Reduces the Need for Mechanical Lithotripsy in Patients with Large Bile Duct Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

Table 2 | Endoscopic Papillary Large Balloon Dilation Reduces the Need for Mechanical Lithotripsy in Patients with Large Bile Duct Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 