Abstract | OBJECTS: to define the role of endoscopic management of bile duct calculi in a tertiary referral institution. METHODS: an unselected series of 466 patients presenting for ERCP over a two year period were reviewed and 103 patients with bile duct calculi identified. The results of endoscopic management of these patients is reviewed. RESULTS:
endoscopic sphincterotomy was successful in 98% of patients, and resulted in clearance of calculi from the bile duct in 75%, and in a further 8% symptoms were successfully controlled by sphincterotomy with or without endoprostheses, despite residual calculi. Seventy-nine percent of the patients with choledocholithiasis were successfully managed endoscopically, minor complications occurring in 16% which were significant in only 4%, with no procedure related mortality. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | P Y Wong, M R Lane, I Hamilton |
Journal | The New Zealand medical journal
(N Z Med J)
Vol. 104
Issue 920
Pg. 403-5
(Sep 25 1991)
ISSN: 0028-8446 [Print] New Zealand |
PMID | 1923086
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
- Female
- Gallstones
(diagnostic imaging, surgery)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic
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