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Limitations of percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy in the removal of complicated biliary calculi.

Abstract
To investigate the limitations of percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic lithotomy (PTCSL) in the management of retained or reformed biliary calculi, we conducted a retrospective study of 50 patients who had received PTCSL for complicated biliary calculi during a period of 32 months. The calculi were located in the common bile duct (24%), the intrahepatic bile ducts (60%), and in both the common bile duct and intrahepatic bile ducts (16%). The adjunctive techniques in PTCSL included balloon dilatation for the biliary stricture, electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL) for crushing large impacted stones, and flushing techniques, biliary spoons, and basket catheters for stone fragmentation and grasping. The overall percutaneous manipulations totaled 221 procedures, including 124 sessions of PTCS. In each patient, the number of sessions of PTCS varied from 1 to 7. In our series, the main complications of PTCS therapy, rarely reported in the literature, included pain intolerance in 7 cases (14%), minor bleeding in 7 cases (14%), and massive bleeding which needed angiographic diagnosis and therapy for hemostasis in 5 cases (10%). Secondary biliary cirrhosis, severe biliary stricture and angulations, previous shunt surgery, neovascularization surrounding the chronic inflammatory stenotic intrahepatic bile ducts, pseudoaneurysm formation, and coexistent cholangiocarcinoma contributed to the vulnerability of bleeding during manipulations. The complications resulted in treatment failure in 11 patients (22%). We conclude that PTCS is a useful alternative treatment to surgery for biliary calculi, but it has limitations that obviate complete stone clearance.
AuthorsK S Jeng, H J Chiang, S C Shih
JournalWorld journal of surgery (World J Surg) 1989 Sep-Oct Vol. 13 Issue 5 Pg. 603-10 ISSN: 0364-2313 [Print] United States
PMID2683403 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Catheterization (methods)
  • Cholelithiasis (diagnostic imaging, therapy)
  • Female
  • Gallstones (diagnostic imaging, therapy)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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