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ASGE high-risk criteria for choledocholithiasis - Are they applicable in cholecystectomized patients?
Mafalda Sousa1, Rolando Pinho1, Luísa Proença1
1Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia e Espinho, Gastrenterology Department, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
Background And Aims:
The guidelines by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) suggest that in patients with gallbladder in situ, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) should be performed in the presence of high-risk criteria for choledocholithiasis, after biochemical tests and abdominal ultrasound. There are no specific recommendations for cholecystectomized patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of ASGE criteria for ERCP in cholecystectomized patients with suspected choledocholithiasis.
Methods:
We conducted a retrospective study that included patients with high-risk ASGE criteria for choledocholithiasis who underwent ERCP from 2013-2016.
Results:
We included 327 patients in our analysis - 258 with gallbladder in situ (79%) and 69 with cholecystectomy (21%). We showed that the ASGE criteria true positive rate was similar between patients with and without cholecystectomy - the prevalence of choledocholithiasis on ERCP was 71% in cholecystectomized and 70% in non-cholecystectomized. In addition, both the presence and the diameter of the CBD stone were predictors of positive ERCP in both groups. In contrast, the diameter of the CBD was predictor of positive ERCP only in non-cholecystectomized patients.
Conclusions:
Although dilatation of the CBD was not a predictive factor for choledocholithiasis in cholecystectomized patients, the ASGE criteria true positive rate was similar to that of non-cholecystectomized patients.
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