Balloon Dilation With Adequate Duration Is Safer Than Sphincterotomy for Extracting Bile Duct Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses Wei–Chih Liao, Yu–Kang Tu, Ming–Shiang Wu, Hsiu–Po Wang, Jaw–Town Lin, Joseph W. Leung, Kuo–Liong Chien Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Volume 10, Issue 10, Pages 1101-1109 (October 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.05.017 Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow chart of literature search and selection. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2012 10, 1101-1109DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2012.05.017) Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Forest plots for ORs of pancreatitis (A) or overall complications (B) stratified according to dilation duration. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2012 10, 1101-1109DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2012.05.017) Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Associations between dilation duration and natural logarithm of OR of pancreatitis (A) or overall complications (B). Circles are sized according to the precision of each OR (inverse of within-study variance). Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2012 10, 1101-1109DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2012.05.017) Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Pooled ORs by traditional meta-analysis, Bayesian meta-analysis, and Bayesian network meta-analysis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2012 10, 1101-1109DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2012.05.017) Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions