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

Table 3.

Patient characteristics of patients with different common bile duct morphologies, n (%)

Characteristics
Straight type (n = 289)
S type (n = 45)
Polyline type (n = 168)
P value
Sex (male/female) 166/123 30/15 91/77 0.32
Age ≥ 70 yr 104 (36.0) 20 (44.4) 77 (45.8) 0.10
PAD 136 (47.1) 20 (44.4) 87 (51.8) 0.53
CBD diameter (mean ± SD, cm) 1.3 ± 0.4 1.5 ± 0.5 1.4 ± 0.9 0.14
CBD diameter ≥ 1.5 cm 96 (33.2) 22 (48.9) 42 (25.0) 0.01
Largest CBD stone diameter ≥ 1.5 cm 42 (14.5) 8 (17.8) 32 (19.0) 0.44
CBD stone number ≥ 2 105 (36.3) 17 (37.8) 67 (39.9) 0.75
Muddy stones 78 (27.0) 11 (24.4) 42 (25.0) 0.87
Initial ampullary intervention
EST 84 (29.1) 11 (24.4) 46 (27.4) 0.79
EPBD/EPLBD 18 (6.2) 3 (6.7) 10 (6.0) 0.98
ESBD 180 (62.3) 30 (66.7) 105 (62.5) 0.85
Cholecystectomy 19 (6.6) 2 (4.4) 5 (3.0) 0.24
Procedure time (mean ± SD, min) 19.8 ± 11.7 19.7 ± 13.1 20.6 ± 16.7 0.81
Gastrectomy 5 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 4 (2.4) 0.38

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.