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Influence of endoscopic papillotomy on the management of bile duct stones. 1986

M H Thompson

In a 4 year period two hundred and seventy-nine patients were treated for gallstones in a single surgical unit. One hundred and thirteen were treated for stones in the bile duct, of them 49 patients were treated surgically and 64 endoscopically. Twenty-three patients had papillotomy without previous cholecystectomy. There were two deaths, both after surgery following failure of endoscopic treatment. Morbidity was greater in the surgically treated group. It is concluded that a large proportion of patients with bile duct stones can be treated by endoscopic papillotomy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D002763	Cholecystectomy	Surgical removal of the GALLBLADDER.	Cholecystectomies
D002765	Cholecystography	Radiography of the gallbladder after ingestion of a contrast medium.	Cholecystographies
D004724	Endoscopy	Procedures of applying ENDOSCOPES for disease diagnosis and treatment. Endoscopy involves passing an optical instrument through a small incision in the skin i.e., percutaneous; or through a natural orifice and along natural body pathways such as the digestive tract; and/or through an incision in the wall of a tubular structure or organ, i.e. transluminal, to examine or perform surgery on the interior parts of the body.	Endoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic,Endoscopic Surgical Procedure,Endoscopy, Surgical,Surgical Endoscopy,Surgical Procedure, Endoscopic,Procedure, Endoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Endoscopic Surgical
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014670	Ampulla of Vater	A dilation of the duodenal papilla that is the opening of the juncture of the COMMON BILE DUCT and the MAIN PANCREATIC DUCT, also known as the hepatopancreatic ampulla.	Duodenal Papilla, Major,Vater's Ampulla,Greater Duodenal Papilla,Hepatopancreatic Ampulla,Ampulla, Hepatopancreatic,Ampulla, Vater's,Ampullas, Hepatopancreatic,Duodenal Papilla, Greater,Duodenal Papillas, Greater,Greater Duodenal Papillas,Hepatopancreatic Ampullas,Major Duodenal Papilla,Vater Ampulla,Vaters Ampulla
D042882	Gallstones	Solid crystalline precipitates in the BILIARY TRACT, usually formed in the GALLBLADDER, resulting in the condition of CHOLELITHIASIS. Gallstones, derived from the BILE, consist mainly of calcium, cholesterol, or bilirubin.	Biliary Calculi,Common Bile Duct Gall Stone,Common Bile Duct Gallstone,Gallstone,Biliary Calculi, Common Bile Duct,Common Bile Duct Calculi,Common Bile Duct Gall Stones,Common Bile Duct Gallstones,Gall Stone,Gall Stones,Gall Stones, Common Bile Duct,Gallstones, Common Bile Duct,Calculi, Biliary