Effects Comparison between Endoscopic Papillary Large Balloon Dilatation and Endoscopic Sphincterotomy for Common Bile Duct Stone Removal

Table 1

Characteristics of the included 10 prospective studies.

Study	Design	Country	Bile duct stones	Intervention ()	Dilated balloon catheter
Lin et al., 2004 [9]	D, S, R	China	Multiple, mean = 8 mm	EPLBD (51) or EST (54)	10–12 mm
Heo et al., 2007 [6]	D, S, R	Korea	Multiple, mean = 16.0–15.0	EST plus EPLBD (100) or EST (100)	12–20 mm
Itoi et al., 2009 [10]	S	Japan	Large	Small EST plus EPLBD (53) or EST (48)	10–20 mm
García-Cano et al., 2009 [11]	D, S	Spain	Multiple, mean = 3 mm	EST plus EPLBD (31) or EST (60)	10–20 mm
Kim et al., 2009 [12]	D, S, R	South Korea	Large, ≥15 mm	Small EST plus EPLBD (27) or EST (28)	15, 16.5, or 18 mm
Kim et al., 2011 [13]	S	Korea	Large, ≥10 mm	Small EST plus EPLBD (72) or EST (77)	12–20 mm
Stefanidis et al., 2011 [14]	D, S, R	Greece	Large, >12 mm	Full EST plus EPLBD (45); or EST plus ML (45)	10–20 mm
Oh and Kim, 2012 [15]	S, R	Korea	Large, >10 mm	EPLBD (40) or EST (43)	10–20 mm
Teoh et al., 2013 [16]	D, S, R	China	Large, >13 mm	Limit EST plus EPLBD (73) or EST (78)	15 mm
Li et al., 2014 [17]	S, D	China	Multiple, mean = 12.7–13.2	Small EST plus EPBD (232) or EST (230)	15, 16.5, or 18 mm

D: double blinded; S: single center; R: randomization.