ReviewTherapeutic advances in gastroenterology2025
Balloon-assisted ERCP for bile duct stones in surgically altered anatomy: current techniques, devices, and evolving strategies.
Review in Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Efficacy and Safety of Balloon Endoscopy-Assisted Peroral Cholangiopancreatoscopy (POCPS) Using a Novel 9Fr Cholangioscope in Patients With Surgically Altered Anatomy: A Dual-Center Retrospective Study (With Video).Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society · 2026Article
- Feasibility and Safety of Endoscopic Peroral Cholangioscopy in Surgically Altered Anatomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Intra-Procedural Real-Time Predictors of Failure in Patients with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Undergoing Double-Balloon Assisted ERCP: Is There an Optimal Time to Cross-Over to EUS-Directed Transgastric ERCP? A Prospective Single-Center Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
11 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Balloon endoscopy-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (BE-ERCP) has become an essential modality for managing pancreaticobiliary diseases in patients with surgically altered anatomy (SAA). This review summarizes the current evidence and technical advances in BE-ERCP, with a focus on insertion strategies tailored to specific reconstructive surgical techniques. Recent developments in short-type balloon endoscopes have improved maneuverability and device compatibility, enabling the widespread use of standard ERCP accessories. In addition, innovative tools, such as highly rotatable sphincterotomes, helical stone retrieval baskets, and newly introduced slim cholangioscopes, have expanded the diagnostic and therapeutic potential of BE-ERCP. Papillary interventions, including endoscopic sphincterotomy, endoscopic papillary balloon dilation (EPBD), large balloon dilation (EPLBD), and combined approaches (ESBD), are discussed with respect to their feasibility and safety in SAA. Furthermore, the clinical efficacy of stone removal and lithotripsy techniques, including peroral cholangioscopy-guided electrohydraulic lithotripsy, is reviewed. Finally, we address the emerging role of interventional endoscopic ultrasound as a complementary or alternative strategy to BE-ERCP. Taken together, this review provides a comprehensive update on current techniques and evolving strategies for endoscopic management of bile duct stones in patients with altered anatomy.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.