Removal of intrahepatic bile duct stones. 1975

Y Salembier

To keep this study homogeneous, we have limited ourselves to intrahepatic lithiases of the bile ducts above the hilus, usually linked with extrahepatic lithiases. While operating, all technical resources must be utilized in order to remove as many stones as possible. To gain access to the hepatic duct, it is sometimes necessary to excise the hilar plane; scissurotomy is the most efficient way to free the intrahepatic ducts when they are full of stones. In rare cases of localized lithiases, one may perform hepatic resection. We have perfected a technic using a special malleable catheter, guided by television, combined with suction of the stones for intrahepatic blocked stones. Forty-four interventions are presented. We have grouped them according to whether they involved an accumulation of stones from the extrahepatic ducts or stones blocked in a bile duct. There were three cases of dispersed intrahepatic lithiasis and one peripheral localization. Following extraction of the stones, we ended the intervention by 19 Kehr drainages, seven choledochotomies, five sphincterotomies, 11 biliodigestive anastomoses, one hepatectomy and one hepatotomy. We deliberately left some stones undisturbed in seven cases: the results even after some years remain satisfactory except for one case of dispersed lithiasis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008722 Methods A series of steps taken in order to conduct research. Techniques,Methodological Studies,Methodological Study,Procedures,Studies, Methodological,Study, Methodological,Method,Procedure,Technique
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011300 Preoperative Care Care given during the period prior to undergoing surgery when psychological and physical preparations are made according to the special needs of the individual patient. This period spans the time between admission to the hospital to the time the surgery begins. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed) Care, Preoperative,Preoperative Procedure,Preoperative Procedures,Procedure, Preoperative,Procedures, Preoperative
D002404 Catheterization Use or insertion of a tubular device into a duct, blood vessel, hollow organ, or body cavity for injecting or withdrawing fluids for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. It differs from INTUBATION in that the tube here is used to restore or maintain patency in obstructions. Cannulation,Cannulations,Catheterizations
D002769 Cholelithiasis Presence or formation of GALLSTONES in the BILIARY TRACT, usually in the gallbladder (CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS) or the common bile duct (CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS). Gallstone Disease,Cholelithiases,Gallstone Diseases
D003949 Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of disease or dysfunction by examination of the pathological site or operative field during surgical intervention. Diagnostic Technic, Surgical,Diagnostic Technics, Surgical,Diagnostic Technique, Surgical,Surgical Diagnostic Technic,Surgical Diagnostic Technics,Surgical Diagnostic Technique,Surgical Diagnostic Techniques,Technic, Surgical Diagnostic,Technics, Surgical Diagnostic,Technique, Surgical Diagnostic,Techniques, Surgical Diagnostic
D004322 Drainage The removal of fluids or discharges from the body, such as from a wound, sore, or cavity.
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006500 Hepatic Duct, Common Predominantly extrahepatic bile duct which is formed by the junction of the right and left hepatic ducts, which are predominantly intrahepatic, and, in turn, joins the cystic duct to form the common bile duct. Common Hepatic Duct,Hepatic Duct,Common Hepatic Ducts,Duct, Common Hepatic,Duct, Hepatic,Ducts, Common Hepatic,Ducts, Hepatic,Hepatic Ducts,Hepatic Ducts, Common

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