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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 7, 2023; 29(13): 1955-1968
Published online Apr 7, 2023. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v29.i13.1955
Comprehensive review on small common bile duct stones
Sakue Masuda, Kazuya Koizumi, Kento Shionoya, Ryuhei Jinushi, Makomo Makazu, Takashi Nishino, Karen Kimura, Chihiro Sumida, Jun Kubota, Chikamasa Ichita, Akiko Sasaki, Masahiro Kobayashi, Makoto Kako, Uojima Haruki
Sakue Masuda, Kazuya Koizumi, Kento Shionoya, Ryuhei Jinushi, Makomo Makazu, Takashi Nishino, Karen Kimura, Chihiro Sumida, Jun Kubota, Chikamasa Ichita, Akiko Sasaki, Masahiro Kobayashi, Makoto Kako, Department of Gastroenterology, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa 247-8533, Japan
Uojima Haruki, Department of Gastroenterology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0375, Japan
Author contributions: Masuda S and Koizumi K were major contributors to writing the manuscript; Shionoya K, Jinushi R, Makazu M, Nishino T, and Kimura K designed the outline and coordinated the writing of the manuscript; Sumida C, Kubota J, Ichita C, Sasaki A, Kobayashi M, Kako M, and Haruki U provided input for writing the paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interests.
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Corresponding author: Sakue Masuda, MD, Chief Doctor, Department of Gastroenterology, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, 1370-1 Okamoto, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-8533, Japan. sakue.masuda@tokushukai.jp
Received: December 1, 2022
Peer-review started: December 1, 2022
First decision: January 14, 2023
Revised: January 22, 2023
Accepted: March 20, 2023
Article in press: March 20, 2023
Published online: April 7, 2023
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Core Tip: In this review, we comprehensively summarized the standard methods for patients with small common bile duct stones in guidelines and new findings from recent studies on papillary dilation, stone retrieval devices, difficult-to-treat cases, troubleshooting during the procedure, and complicated cases of cholangitis, cholecystolithiasis, or distal biliary stricture.