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Laparoscopic exploration of the common bile duct
Surgical Endoscopy, 1999Bile duct clearance at open cholecystectomy had become normal surgical practice before the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. However, perceived technical difficulties have deterred many surgeons from treating common bile duct stones at the time of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
N J, Keeling, D, Menzies, R W, Motson
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An Experimental Model for Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration
Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, 1994The development of an effective and reliable technique for laparoscopic common bile duct exploration has been limited by the technical difficulty of the procedure and the lack of a suitable animal model with a bile duct diameter large enough to accommodate the fiberoptic choledochoscope and other instruments used for stone extraction.
Crist, DW +3 more
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Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration
World Journal of Laparoscopic Surgery with DVD, 2010Stones in the common bile duct are a common finding and is one of the most common cause for obstructive jaundice. These calculi maybe primary ductal stones or secondary, which descend from the gallbladder. There are various therapeutic options for its managementand could vary from chemical to surgical management.
Premkumar Balachandran, TK Neelamekam
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Laparoscopic transcystic common bile duct exploration
The American Journal of Surgery, 1992This study reviews the results of transcystic common bile duct exploration (CBDE) for unsuspected stones found during laparoscopic cholecystectomy by a single surgeon in 150 consecutive patients. Fluoroscopic cholangiography was attempted in all but four patients.
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The case for laparoscopic common bile duct exploration
Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, 2002The modern surgeon's approach to choledocholithiasis depends his or her view of cholangiography. During the early 1990 there was a swing away from cholangiography, which had previously been common practice. This was because of perceptions of difficulty with the technique, the time it took, and perhaps an implied increase in costs because of the time ...
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Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration
European Surgery, 2006BACKGROUND: Debate and controversy remain concerning detection and management of common bile duct (CBD) stones in the era of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Since ERCP was introduced in the 1970s, therapeutic splitting with endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) as a two-step procedure has become the most accepted strategy to remove CBD stones.
S. Ebner +3 more
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Laparoscopic Exploration of Common Bile Duct
2011Symptomatic common bile duct stone(s). Dilated common bile duct. Common bile duct stones found during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Common bile duct injury.
Walid Faraj, Ahmad Zaghal
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Laparoscopic trans-cystic-duct common-bile-duct exploration
Surgical Endoscopy, 1994One thousand seventy-one consecutive laparoscopic cholecystectomies were performed. Routine cholangiography was employed with a 99% success rate. One hundred thirty patients were found to have common duct stones (CBDS). In 48 (37%) patients they were unsuspected.
E H, Phillips +3 more
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Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration
Current Surgery, 2004KaraBeth B, Moore +2 more
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Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration.
Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy, 1994Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has rapidly gained recognition and acceptance to the point that it is the procedure of choice for laparoscopically skilled surgeons in handling chronic cholecystitis and most cases of acute cholecystitis (1-3; personal communication, J. Mouret).
M E, Franklin, D, Pharand, D, Rosenthal
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