Endoscopic Management of the Difficult Bile Duct Stones: A Single Tertiary Center Experience

Table 4

Published cases of papillary balloon dilation, mechanical lithotripsy, and laser lithotripsy for difficult bile duct stones.

Ref.	Treatment	Total number of patients	Stone size (mm)	Success rate (%)
Schneider et al. [15]	ML	209	4–80	87.6
Hintze et al. [16]	ML	84	>15	98.4
Garg et al. [17]	ML	87	>15	79.0
Cipolletta et al. [18]	ML	162	9–50	84
Rosa et al. [20]	ESPBD	68	12–30	95.6
Stefanidis et al. [21]	ESPBD	45	12–20	97.7
Minami et al. [22]	ESPBD	88	>12	99
Bang et al. [23]	ESPBD	22	5–25	72.7
Sauer et al. [27]	LL	20	11–35	90
Hochberger et al. [28]	LL	60	>10	87
Lee et al. [29]	LL	10	16–23	90
Maydeo et al. [30]	LL	60	15–25	100

ML: mechanical lithotripsy; ESLBD: endoscopic sphincterotomy and papillary balloon dilation; LL: laser lithotripsy.