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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2025; 31(41): 111022
Published online Nov 7, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i41.111022
Published online Nov 7, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i41.111022
Comparison of clinical outcomes for single- and double-balloon enteroscope-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in patients with surgically altered anatomy
Sung Yong Han, Jonghyun Lee, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan 49241, South Korea
Min Jae Yang, Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, South Korea
Kyong Joo Lee, Se Woo Park, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Hwaseong-si 18450, South Korea
Co-corresponding authors: Min Jae Yang and Se Woo Park.
Author contributions: Yang MJ and Park SW are the guarantors of the article, designed the research study, and made equal contributions as co-corresponding authors; Yang MJ, Han SY, and Park SW acquired the data, drafted the manuscript, critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content, performed the statistical analysis, and supervised the study; all authors analyzed and interpreted the data, approved the final version of the article.
Supported by National Research Foundation of Korea, No. RS-2022-NRO71822; and Hallym University Medical Center Research Fund (Mighty Hallym, 4.0).
Institutional review board statement: The study conformed to the ethical guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and received ethical approval from the Institutional Review Boards of Hallym University Hospital, No. 2022-04-008.
Informed consent statement: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board, and the requirement for informed consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of the study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: The data that support the findings of this study are not publicly available, as they are proprietary to the corresponding author; however, detailed summaries and analyses are provided within the article and its Supplementary material.
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Corresponding author: Se Woo Park, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, 7 Keunjaebong-gil, Hwaseong-si 18450, South Korea.
Received: June 23, 2025
Revised: August 3, 2025
Accepted: September 29, 2025
Published online: November 7, 2025
Processing time: 138 Days and 20.8 Hours
Revised: August 3, 2025
Accepted: September 29, 2025
Published online: November 7, 2025
Processing time: 138 Days and 20.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This multicenter retrospective study compared the performance of double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) and single-balloon enteroscopy for enteroscope-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in patients with surgically altered anatomy. While both techniques showed comparable success and adverse event rates, DBE demonstrated significantly shorter intubation and total procedure times. Further