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Predictive factors for the necessity of peroral cholangioscopy-guided lithotripsy in the endoscopic treatment of cystic duct confluence stones: a retrospective study in Japan: Kazuaki Miyamoto, Takahisa Ogawa, Shinsuke Koshita, Yoshihide Kanno, Hiroaki Kusunose, Toshitaka Sakai, Keisuke Yonamine, Fumisato Kozakai, Haruka Okano, Yuto Matsuoka, Kento Hosokawa, Hidehito Sumiya, Kei Ito; Clin Endosc 2026;59(2):280-287. Published online January 9, 2026; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2025.195

Background
/Aims: The treatment of cystic duct confluence stones often requires peroral cholangioscopy (POCS)-guided lithotripsy. This study evaluated the efficacy of endoscopic treatment for cystic duct confluence stones and identified predictive factors for the need for POCS-guided lithotripsy.
Methods
This retrospective cohort study included 38 patients with cystic duct confluence stones treated endoscopically between September 2007 and December 2023. The primary outcome was the rate of complete stone removal. Secondary outcomes included the number of sessions, total procedure time, adverse events, and predictive factors for POCS-guided lithotripsy.
Results
The complete stone removal rate was 100%. POCS-guided lithotripsy was required in 50% of the cases. The mean number of sessions needed for stone removal was 2.05. The mean procedure time was 93.9 minutes. The incidence of adverse events was 13%. Multivariate analysis showed that a minor axis length of the stone relative to the distal bile duct diameter greater than 1.2 was an independent predictive factor for requiring POCS-guided lithotripsy.
Conclusions
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.

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Cholangioscopy-guided ERCP: expanding diagnostic and therapeutic applications
Shengjie Yang, Hongyu Li
Frontiers in Medicine.2026;[Epub] CrossRef

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Efficacy of double half-pigtail plastic stents for endoscopic biliary drainage of acute calculous cholangitis: Toshitaka Sakai, Yoshihide Kanno, Shinsuke Koshita, Takahisa Ogawa, Hiroaki Kusunose, Keisuke Yonamine, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Fumisato Kozakai, Haruka Okano, Kento Hosokawa, Hidehito Sumiya, Jun Horaguchi, Masaya Oikawa, Takashi Tsuchiya, Yutaka Noda, Kei Ito; Clin Endosc 2025;58(6):898-908. Published online November 11, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2025.134

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/Aims: Plastic stent placement is required when biliary stones cannot be completely removed during the initial endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Although double half-pigtail plastic stents (DHPs) help prevent stent migration, their clinical utility has not yet been evaluated.
Methods
We retrospectively reviewed data from 221 patients who underwent DHP placement for acute calculous cholangitis (ACC) between January 2015 and March 2024. Patient without complete stone removal during initial ERCP were included. Clinical success, adverse events, recurrent biliary obstruction (RBO), and time to RBO (TRBO) were compared in 21 patients treated with straight plastic stents (STs) under similar conditions.
Results
Clinical success was achieved in 99% of patients in the DHP group and 95% of the ST group (p=0.13). Adverse event rates were comparable between groups. During follow-up, the DHP group had significantly lower stent occlusion (2% vs. 20%, p<0.01) and migration rates (4% vs. 15%, p=0.02), leading to a lower RBO rate (5% vs. 35%, p<0.01). The median TRBO was significantly longer in the DHP group (585 vs. 247 days, p<0.01).
Conclusions
DHPs had comparable efficacy to STs, with significantly fewer stent-related adverse events. This may be a potential option for biliary drainage in ACC.

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Incidence and risk factors for recurrence of common bile duct stones in patients undergoing endoscopic extraction without prophylactic biliary stenting and subsequent cholecystectomy: a retrospective study in Japan: Hidehito Sumiya, Takahisa Ogawa, Shinsuke Koshita, Yoshihide Kanno, Hiroaki Kusunose, Toshitaka Sakai, Keisuke Yonamine, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Fumisato Kozakai, Haruka Okano, Yuto Matsuoka, Kento Hosokawa, Kei Ito; Clin Endosc 2026;59(1):124-131. Published online October 24, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2025.081

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Background
/Aims: In patients undergoing endoscopic extraction of common bile duct stones (CBDs) and subsequent cholecystectomy, CBDs sometimes recur during the preoperative and perioperative periods. In this study, the incidence and risk factors for CBDs recurrence were investigated.
Methods
A total of 245 patients (mean age: 66 years; 138 men) who underwent cholecystectomy within 180 days of CBDs extraction between October 2017 and June 2023 were included. Recurrence was defined as the detection of the CBDs during the preoperative or perioperative period using imaging modalities such as computed tomography or re-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, regardless of the presence of cholangitis.
Results
CBDs recurrence occurred in 4.1% of the patients (10/245). The median time to recurrence was 40 days. Preoperative recurrence was observed in nine patients, and only one patient had postoperative recurrence. Multivariate analysis identified cystic duct stones as the only significant risk factor for CBDs recurrence (hazard ratio, 15.6; 95% confidence interval, 3.7–66; p<0.001).
Conclusions
The risk of CBDs recurrence after endoscopic extraction during the pre and perioperative periods is high in patients with cystic duct stones. Prophylactic biliary stenting may be considered in high-risk patients.

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Balancing surgical timing and risk stratification to prevent recurrent common bile duct stones after bile duct clearance
Sung Bum Kim
Clinical Endoscopy.2026; 59(1): 76. CrossRef
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Asian Case Reports in Emergency Medicine.2026; 14(01): 113. CrossRef

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Predictive factors for the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis using endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition: a retrospective study in Japan: Keisuke Yonamine, Shinsuke Koshita, Yoshihide Kanno, Takahisa Ogawa, Hiroaki Kusunose, Toshitaka Sakai, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Fumisato Kozakai, Haruka Okano, Yuto Matsuoka, Kento Hosokawa, Hidehito Sumiya, Yutaka Noda, Kei Ito; Clin Endosc 2025;58(3):457-464. Published online March 28, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2024.238

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Background
/Aims: The factors affecting the detection rate of lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitis (LPSP) using endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) in patients with type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) have not been thoroughly studied. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective study to identify the predictive factors for histologically detecting level 1 or 2 LPSP using EUS-TA.
Methods
Fifty patients with AIP were included in this study, and the primary outcome measures were the predictive factors for histologically detecting level 1 or 2 LPSP using EUS-TA.
Results
Multivariate analysis identified the use of fine needle biopsy (FNB) needles as a significant predictive factor for LPSP detection (odds ratio, 15.1; 95% confidence interval, 1.62–141; ¬¬p=0.017). The rate of good-quality specimens (specimen adequacy score ≥4) was significantly higher for the FNB needle group than for the fine needle aspiration (FNA) needle group (97% vs. 56%; p<0.01), and the FNB needle group required significantly fewer needle passes than the FNA needle group (median, 2 vs. 3; p<0.01).
Conclusions
The use of FNB needles was the most important factor for the histological confirmation of LPSP using EUS-TA in patients with type 1 AIP.

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Prophylactic endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder stenting to prevent acute cholecystitis induced after metallic stent placement for malignant biliary strictures: a retrospective study in Japan: Fumisato Kozakai, Yoshihide Kanno, Shinsuke Koshita, Takahisa Ogawa, Hiroaki Kusunose, Toshitaka Sakai, Keisuke Yonamine, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Haruka Okano, Yuto Matsuoka, Kento Hosokawa, Hidehito Sumiya, Kei Ito; Clin Endosc 2024;57(5):647-655. Published online May 17, 2024; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2023.284

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Background
/Aims: Endoscopic biliary drainage using self-expandable metallic stents (SEMSs) for malignant biliary strictures occasionally induces acute cholecystitis (AC). This study evaluated the efficacy of prophylactic gallbladder stents (GBS) during SEMS placement.
Methods
Among 158 patients who underwent SEMS placement for malignant biliary strictures between January 2018 and March 2023, 30 patients who attempted to undergo prophylactic GBS placement before SEMS placement were included.
Results
Technical success was achieved in 21 cases (70.0%). The mean diameter of the cystic duct was more significant in the successful cases (6.5 mm vs. 3.7 mm, p<0.05). Adverse events occurred for 7 patients (23.3%: acute pancreatitis in 7; non-obstructive cholangitis in 1; perforation of the cystic duct in 1 with an overlap), all of which improved with conservative treatment. No patients developed AC when the GBS placement was successful, whereas 25 of the 128 patients (19.5%) without a prophylactic GBS developed AC during the median follow-up period of 357 days (p=0.043). In the multivariable analysis, GBS placement was a significant factor in preventing AC (hazard ratio, 0.61; 95% confidence interval, 0.37–0.99; p=0.045).
Conclusions
GBS may contribute to the prevention of AC after SEMS placement for malignant biliary strictures.

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