Ryunosuke Hakuta, Tatsuya Sato, Yousuke Nakai, Hirofumi Kogure, Hiroto Nishio, Kouhei Kurihara, Shuichi Tange, Rintaro Fukuda, Shinya Takaoka, Yukari Suzuki, Hiroki Oyama, Sachiko Kanai, Kensaku Noguchi, Tatsunori Suzuki, Kazunaga Ishigaki, Tomotaka Saito, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Naminatsu Takahara, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Balloon endoscopy-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (BE-ERCP) is an emerging procedure for pancreatobiliary diseases in patients with surgically altered anatomy. However, data on BE-ERCP for hepatolithiasis after hepaticojejunostomy (HJS) are still limited. METHODS: Stone removal success, adverse events and recurrence were retrospectively studied in consecutive patients who underwent BE-ERCP for hepatolithiasis after HJS between January 2011 and October 2022...
March 7, 2024: Surgical Endoscopy