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. 2022 Mar 27;14(3):236–246. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i3.236

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Characteristics
n (%)
Patients 502
Recurrence 43 (8.6)
Multiple recurrences 9 (1.8)
Male 287 (57.2)
Age (mean ± SD, yr) 65.2 ± 15.6
Age 70 yr 201 (40.0)
PAD 243 (48.4)
CBD diameter (mean ± SD, cm) 1.3 ± 0.7
CBD diameter 1.5 cm 160 (31.9)
Largest CBD stone diameter 1.5 cm 83 (16.3)
CBD stone number 2 189 (37.6)
Muddy stones 131 (26.1)
Initial ampullary intervention
EST 141 (28.1)
EPBD/EPLBD 31 (6.2)
ESBD 315 (62.7)
CBD morphology
Straight type 289 (57.6)
S type 45 (9.0)
Polyline type 168 (33.5)
Cholecystectomy 26 (5.2)
Gastrectomy 9 (1.8)
Procedure time (mean ± SD, min) 20.0 ± 13.7

PAD: Periampullary diverticulum; CBD: Common bile duct; EST: Endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy; EPBD: Endoscopic papillary balloon dilation; EPLBD: Endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation; ESBD: Endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy with balloon dilation.