Predictive factors for the necessity of peroral cholangioscopy-guided lithotripsy in the endoscopic treatment of cystic duct confluence stones: a retrospective study in Japan
Endoscopic treatment is highly effective for cystic duct confluence stones. However, POCS-guided lithotripsy was necessary when the minor axis of the stone relative to the distal bile duct diameter exceeded 1.2.
Authors
- Keisuke Yonamine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1121-7320)
- Yoshihide Kanno
- Yuto Matsuoka
- Fumisato Kozakai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5890-3531)
- Kento Hosokawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0112-2368)
- Haruka Okano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0287-1120)
- Kei Ito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3994-8478)
- Hidehito Sumiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6943-6684)
- Kazuaki Miyamoto
- Shinsuke Koshita
- Takahisa Ogawa
Institutions
- Sendai Medical Center (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Endoscopy
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2025.195
- Primary Topic
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00