NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListWorldJGastroenterolv.25(26);2019Jul14PMC6639560WorldJGastroenterol.2019Jul14;25(26):3334–3343.Publishedonline2019Jul14.doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i26.3334PMCID:PMC6639560PMID:31341359Choledochalcysts:SimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenAsianandWesterncountriesGeorgeNBaison,MorganMBonds,WilliamSHelton,andRichardAKozarekGeorgeNBaisonDigestiveDiseaseInstitute,VirginiaMasonMedicalCenter,Seattle,WA98101,UnitedStatesFindarticlesbyGeorgeNBaisonMorganMBondsDigestiveDiseaseInstitute,VirginiaMasonMedicalCenter,Seattle,WA98101,UnitedStatesFindarticlesbyMorganMBondsWilliamSHeltonDigestiveDiseaseInstitute,VirginiaMasonMedicalCenter,Seattle,WA98101,UnitedStatesFindarticlesbyWilliamSHeltonRichardAKozarekDigestiveDiseaseInstitute,VirginiaMasonMedicalCenter,Seattle,WA98101,UnitedStates.gro.nosamainigriv@kerazok.drahcirFindarticlesbyRichardAKozarekAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimerGeorgeNBaison,DigestiveDiseaseInstitute,VirginiaMasonMedicalCenter,Seattle,WA98101,UnitedStates;ContributorInformation.Authorcontributions:BaisonGNgeneratedthefiguresandwrotethemanuscript;BondsMM,HeltonWS,andKozarekRAcontributedtothewritingofthemanuscript;BaisonGNandKozarekRAdesignedtheaimoftheeditorialandwrotethemanuscript.Correspondingauthor:RichardAKozarek,AGAF,FACG,FACP,FASGE,MD,Doctor,ExecutiveDirector,DigestiveDiseaseInstitute,VirginiaMasonMedicalCenter,1100NinthAvenue,C3-GAS.POBox900,Seattle,WA98101,[email protected]:+1-206-223-2319Fax:+1-206-341-0061Received2019Mar20;Revised2019May5;Accepted2019May31.Copyright©TheAuthor(s)2019.PublishedbyBaishidengPublishingGroupInc.Allrightsreserved.Thisarticleisanopen-accessarticlewhichwasselectedbyanin-houseeditorandfullypeer-reviewedbyexternalreviewers.ItisdistributedinaccordancewiththeCreativeCommonsAttributionNonCommercial(CCBY-NC4.0)license,whichpe