Publications of Faculty of Medicine: LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF COMMON BILE DUCT STONES: "SINGLE STAGE" LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH TO CHOLELITHIASIS AND CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS: Abstract

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LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF COMMON BILE DUCT STONES: "SINGLE STAGE" LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH TO CHOLELITHIASIS AND CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS
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Abstract:

Treatment options of CBD stones include selective pre or postoperative ERCP, open choledochotomy and one-stage laparoscopic clearance. There are several disadvantages to ERCP including the additional invasiveness of endoscopic procedures, moreover large and/or multiple stones, or impacted stones in CBD may be dyfficult or impossible to retrieve at ERCP even with ES (endoscopic sphirtcterotomy). Peroperative real time cholangiography has the advantage of addressing choledocholithiasis with a single procedure LCBDE (Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration) while leaving the sphincter of Oddi anatomically intact without added morbidity. The choice of treatment between immediate laparoscopic common bile duct exploration, open exploration of CBE) and trans-sphincteric endoscopic retrieval depends on many factors. A prospective study was designed to visualize and examine the biliary ductal system by laparoscopic infra-operative cholangiography (IOC) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). The aim was to visualize the ductal anatomy and any anomalies on filling with contrast (to avoid biliary injury), detect any CBD stones and assess the ductal emptying and patency of ampulla of Vater by immediate contrast flow through the papilla into the duodenum. Methods: Intraoperative cholangiography was performed for 302 patients underwent LC for chronic calcular cholecystids (CCC) in Bertha University Hospital from Dec. 1999 to Jan. 2004.