The relationship between juxtapapillary duodenal diverticula and biliary stone disease

OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationship between juxtapapillary duodenal diverticula (JDD) and common bile duct stones and biliary stone disease in general. DESIGN:A retrospective study. METHODS:We analysed 1115 patients who underwent consecutive endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography examinations. The patients were subdivided into three groupsthe first group (group I; n = 482) had no biliary stone disease, the second one (group II; n = 329) had common bile duct stones, and the third group (group III; n = 304) had biliary stone disease of the gallbladder but without evidence of common bile duct stones. Additionally, the patients were subdivided into age groups of