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World J Gastrointest Surg. Sep 27, 2025; 17(9): 109270
Published online Sep 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i9.109270
Published online Sep 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i9.109270
Efficacy and safety of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the treatment of bile duct stones
Dan-Feng Gong, Long Cheng, Department of Gastroenterology, The First People’s Hospital of Changde, Changde 415000, Hunan Province, China
Author contributions: Gong DF and Cheng L contributed to conception, design, manuscript drafting and editing, collection, assembly and analysis of data, and resources; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Ethic Committee of The First People’s Hospital of Changde.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study due to the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Long Cheng, Chief Physician, Department of Gastroenterology, The First People’s Hospital of Changde, No. 818 Renmin Road, Changde 415000, Hunan Province, China. cdchenglong2024@163.com
Received: May 16, 2025
Revised: June 12, 2025
Accepted: July 14, 2025
Published online: September 27, 2025
Processing time: 131 Days and 0.6 Hours
Revised: June 12, 2025
Accepted: July 14, 2025
Published online: September 27, 2025
Processing time: 131 Days and 0.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: The current research assessed the effectiveness and safety of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in treating bile duct stones and provided valuable evidence to guide clinical decision-making. We conducted a comprehensive analysis, including therapeutic effectiveness, procedural success rates, patient safety, postoperative biochemical parameters, surgery-related metrics, and recovery outcomes, to compare ERCP with conventional common bile duct exploration, thereby confirming ERCP’s clinical advantages in enhancing clinical outcomes, improving safety and procedural efficiency, and speeding up patient recovery.