Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: RESULTS: Group A patients had a higher incidence of symptoms, acute cholangitis and concomitant diseases, as well as larger and more numerous gallstones than did group B patients. Endoscopic sphincterotomy was technically successful in 100% of group A patients and 98% of group B patients. The rate of early complications was low in both groups: 5% in group A and 7% in group B. No deaths related to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography occurred in group A patients. Complete stone clearance was achieved in 86% of group A patients and 95% of group B patients. Group A required an emergency procedure, general anesthesia, multiple sessions, mechanical lithotripsy, and permanent biliary stent placement more frequently than group B. Late complications occurred in 5% of group A patients. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | M Sugiyama, Y Atomi |
Journal | Gastrointestinal endoscopy
(Gastrointest Endosc)
Vol. 52
Issue 2
Pg. 187-91
(Aug 2000)
ISSN: 0016-5107 [Print] United States |
PMID | 10922089
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- Gallstones
(diagnosis, mortality, physiopathology, surgery)
- Humans
- Male
- Postoperative Complications
- Prognosis
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Assessment
- Severity of Illness Index
- Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic
(methods, mortality)
- Survival Rate
- Treatment Outcome
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