Currently, the 2 most popular management options for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) who are suspected
of harboring common bile duct (CBD) stones are (1) preoperative endoscopic retrograde
cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) followed by LC
during the same hospital admission, and (2) a single-stage laparoscopic management
consisting of LC and laparoscopic CBD stone extraction either by the transcystic route
or by laparoscopic common bile duct exploration.
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CBD exploration in patients with gallstones and CBD stones is associated with increased
operative time
2.
and increased incidence of postoperative complications,
3.
and it is not always successful.
4.
The potential failure of selective ERCP to clear CBD stones in patients with complex
CBD stones indicates the necessity for another treatment option.
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Here we report our initial experience with a 2-step laparoscopic-based technique
involving LC with transcystic/transpapillary anterograde guidewire placement (TTAGP)
followed by ERCP during the same hospital admission in 5 patients with complicated
CBD stones in whom single or multiple attempts to perform preoperative ERCP had failed.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Accepted:
July 17,
2004
Athens, GreeceIdentification
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