1. Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society guidelines for endoscopic papillary large balloon dilation
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Hironori Kato, Takuji Gotoda, Takao Itoi, Yoshinori Igarashi, Akio Katanuma, Jun Horaguchi, Naotaka Fujita, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Kazuma Fujimoto, Kenjiro Yasuda, Shomei Ryozawa, and Yoshinobu Okabe
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Treatment outcome ,Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Clinical Protocols ,Japan ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Societies, Medical ,Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Patient Selection ,General surgery ,Gastroenterology ,Treatment method ,Expert consensus ,Evidence level ,Dilatation ,Endoscopy ,Clinical Practice ,Choledocholithiasis ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Practice Guidelines as Topic ,Balloon dilation ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,business - Abstract
The Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society has developed the 'EPLBD Clinical Practice Guidelines' as fundamental guidelines based on new scientific techniques. EPLBD is a treatment method that has recently become widely used for choledocolithiasis. The evidence level in this field is usually low, and in many instances, the recommendation grading has to be determined on the basis of expert consensus. At this point, the guidelines are divided into the following six sections according to the 'EST Clinical Practice Guidelines': (i) Indications, (ii) procedures, (iii) special cases, (iv) procedure-related adverse events, (v) treatment outcomes, and (vi) postoperative follow up observation.
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- 2018