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[The endoprosthetic management of biliary calculi larger than 20 mm: the long-term results]
A Farca1, G Rodríguez, F Mundo
1Departamento de Gastroenterología, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, México, D.F.
Revista De Gastroenterologia De Mexico
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
We present our experiences in fifteen high-risk surgical patients, with large bile duct stones, treated with endoscopic home-made biliary stents. We observed good immediate and mediate results in all patients, with a 19.9 months follow-up. In one case, acute cholangitis developed after 25 months and the patient died. Other three died of unrelated causes. None of the patients required surgery. We conclude that endoscopic stenting is a useful procedure in the treatment of large bile duct stones in poor-risk surgical patients.