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Table 4 Clinical parameters vs. patients with recurrent CBD stones

From: Endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation alone without sphincterotomy for the treatment of large common bile duct stones

Clinical parameters

Recurrence (n = 25)

No recurrence (n = 222)

Pvalue

Age (year)

70.0 (11.75)

71.3 (13.75)*

0.649

Sex (male:female)

14:11

143:79

0.511

Stone number

1.76 (0.93)

2.39 (1.58)

0.051

Stone size

1.63 (0.49)

1.65 (0.52)

0.896

CBD size

2.01 (0.61)

1.79 (0.49)

0.036⋇

Lithotripsy (+/-)

2/23

37/185

0.387

JPD (+/-)

13/12

108/114

0.834

  1. CBD, Common bile duct.
  2. JPD, Juxtapapillary diverticulum.
  3. *Values expressed as the mean ± standard deviation.
  4. ⋇Statistically significant.