Table 1 Characteristics of the selected studies.
Author | Year | Mean age (years) | Female (%) | Country | Method | Design | Diagnostic classification | Follow-up (month) | Center | Mini probe | Presence of primary sclerosing cholangitis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meining | 2008 | 61.3 | 42.9 | Germany | Cholangioscopy | Retrospective | Not used | > 9 | Single | CholangioFlex | NO |
Loeser | 2011 | Unclear | Unclear | USA | Catheter or cholangioscopy | Retrospective | Not used | 7–12 | Single | Gastroflex | NO |
Giovannini | 2011 | 62.3 | 37.8 | France | Catheter | Retrospective | Not used | Unclear | Single | CholangioFlex | NO |
Shieh | 2012 | Unclear | Unclear | USA | Catheter | Retrospective | Not used | > 12 | Single | Gastroflex | NO |
Heif | 2013 | 54.0 | 26.7 | USA | Catheter or cholangioscopy | Retrospective | Miami | 12–36 | Single | CholangioFlex | YES |
Caillol | 2013 | Unclear | Unclear | France | Catheter or cholangioscopy | Retrospective | Miami | 12 | Single | CholangioFlex | NO |
Caillol | 2013 | 66.0 | 42.6 | France | Catheter | Prospective | Miami | 12 | Single | CholangioFlex | NO |
Caillol | 2015 | 67.0 | 45.9 | France | Catheter | Retrospective | Miami | 12 | Single | CholangioFlex | NO |
Kahaleh | 2015 | Unclear | Unclear | USA | Catheter | Retrospective | Paris | Unclear | Single | CholangioFlex | NO |
Slivka | 2015 | 64.5 | 46.0 | USA | Catheter | Prospective | Miami and Paris | 6–12 | Multiple | CholangioFlex | NO |
Löhr | 2015 | 56.0 | 53.3 | Sweden | Catheter or cholangioscopy | Prospective | Miami and Paris | > 12 | Single | Gastroflex | NO |
Yang | 2016 | 66.0 | 45.1 | USA | Catheter or cholangioscopy | Retrospective | Miami and Paris | > 12 | Multiple | CholangioFlex | NO |
Taunk | 2017 | 64.5 | 19.0 | USA | Catheter or cholangioscopy | Retrospective | Miami and Paris | 12 | Single | CholangioFlex | NO |
Dubow | 2018 | 56.0 | 36.0 | USA | Unclear | Retrospective | Miami and Paris | > 6 | Single | CholangioFlex | NO |
Solodinina | 2019 | 66.0 | 42.8 | Russia | Cholangioscopy | Retrospective | Unclear | 12–48 | Single | CholangioFlex | NO |
Tanisaka | 2020 | 71.0 | 13.3 | Japan | Cholangioscopy | Prospective | Miami | > 12 | Single | CholangioFlex | NO |
Martínek | 2020 | 61.0 | 52.2 | Czech | Cholangioscopy | Prospective | Miami and Paris | 10 | Multiple | CholangioFlex | NO |
Han | 2021 | 49.0 | 41.0 | USA | Catheter or cholangioscopy | Prospective | Miami and Paris | > 12 | Multiple | CholangioFlex | YES |
