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Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration in Patients with a Previous History of Biliary Tract Surgery
Published on: February 10, 2023
Cholecystectomy with concomitant exploration of the common bile duct
1Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics
|June 1, 1989
Abstract:
One hundred and four patients undergoing concomitant cholecystectomy and exploration of the common bile duct were retrospectively reviewed. Exploration of the common bile duct retrieved stones in only 17 patients, all of whom had clearly positive findings from operative cholangiography. Of 87 patients who had negative results 57 underwent exploration of the common bile duct on the basis of clinical factors and 21 on the basis of equivocal cholangiographic findings.
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