Research Article
Late Complications following Endoscopic Sphincterotomy for Choledocholithiasis: A Swedish Population-Based Study
Table 1
Summary of some previously published follow-up data.
| Year | Study | Number of patients | Mean length of follow-up (years) | Mean age | Recurrent CBDS (%) | Total complications (%) |
| 1996 | Bergman et al. [6] | 94 | 14 | 51 | 14 | 24 | Prat et al. [7] | 156 | 9.7 | 55 | 3.5 | 5.8 |
| 1997 | Wojtun et al. [1] | 324 | 6.0 | 58.8 | 5.6 | 9.9 |
| 1998 |
Pereira-Lima et al. [8] | 201 | 6.2 | 67.9 | 8.0 | 15.4 |
Sugiyama and Atomi [2] | 103 | 14.2 | 50 | 3.9 | 9.7 | Tanaka et al. [9] | 410 | 10.2 | 64 | 10.7 | 12.3 |
| 2000 | Saito et al. [10] | 371 | 7.7 | 65.4 | 9.7 | 20 |
| 2002 | Schreurs et al. [3] | 310 | 6.2 | 69 | 7.4 | 10 | Costamagna et al. [4] | 458 | 6.8 | 63 | 9.2 | 11.1 |
Sugiyama and Atomi [5] | 135 | 14.8 | 49 | 8.9 | 11.9 |
| 2003 | Ando et al. [11] | 983 | np | np | 11.3 | np |
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