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Naohito Uchida1, Sae Hamaya1, Miwa Tatsuta1
1Department of Gastroenterology, Saint Martin's Hospital, Sakaide city, Kagawa ken, Japan.
Background And Study Aims:
Endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) is effective, but recurrent bile duct stones are a common late complication. Because there are still no effective therapies for preventing this complication, some patients have experienced bile duct stone recurrence many times. We describe herein a method of abdominal massage to treat patients with prior cholecystectomy who have experienced recurrence of bile duct stones.
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