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Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration in Patients with a Previous History of Biliary Tract Surgery
Published on: February 10, 2023
[Clinical evaluation of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration in 587 cases]
Chong-zhong Liu1, San-yuan Hu, Lei Wang
1Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
Objective:
To summarize the experience of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration.
Methods:
The clinical data of 587 cases who underwent laparoscopic common bile duct exploration from June 1992 to May 2006 were analyzed.
Results:
The surgery was successful in 585 cases (99.7%), 2 cases were converted to open common bile duct exploration. The duration of operation was 60 approximately 230 min (averaged 85 min), the complications consisted of biliary fistula (n=13), injury of the duodenum (n=1), abscess of drainage tube orifice (n=1), titanium clip discharging out from T tube (n=3), residual common bile duct stones (n=35). The patients could take food and walk on the second postoperative day and average postoperative hospital stay was 4.6 days.
Conclusions:
Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration is a safe and effective procedure in treating the calculus of bile duct.
