[The laparoscopic treatment of common bile duct lithiasis]. 1994

L Liguori, and M C Cucchi, and G Fonti, and G Garulli, and G Ucchino
Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Maggiore C. A. Pizzardi, Bologna.

Nowadays the laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the main surgical therapy in the treatment of cholecysto-lithiasis. At the beginning the treatment of cholecysto-choledochal lithiasis was the sequential endoscopic-laparoscopic therapy. In fact, the endoscopic sphincterotomy allows transpapillary ablation of Common Bile Duct (CBD) stones, and the laparoscopic cholecystectomy completes the therapy. Recently we have brought the full-laparoscopic of CBD lithiasis. This has become possible on account of an improved intraoperative laparoscopic diagnostics and a better technical experience of the laparoscopic surgeon. Intraoperative examination of CBD requires suitable instruments: cholangiography is still a basic examination and now is easily performed in laparoscopy without a considerable increase of the surgical time; choledochoscopy allows an intraluminal inspection of completes the examination, supplying further detailed information. Afterwards the laparoscopic approach allows the transcystic ablation of stones, using a Dormia probe or through a choledochotomy, but is previously required for the surgeon a high-level operative and technical ability about laparoscopic surgery, in order to perform an excellent preparation of the CBD and precise stitches, making knots with extra corporeal or intra-abdominal technique. Clinical results in patients until now fully-laparoscopic treated are quite good and encourage the CBD lithiasis therapy by a mini-invasive approach, which has the advantage that's not requested the sacrifice of a sound papilla.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D002758 Cholangiography An imaging test of the BILIARY TRACT in which a contrast dye (RADIOPAQUE MEDIA) is injected into the BILE DUCT and x-ray pictures are taken. Cholangiographies
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
D003135 Common Bile Duct The largest bile duct. It is formed by the junction of the CYSTIC DUCT and the COMMON HEPATIC DUCT. Choledochus,Bile Duct, Common,Common Bile Ducts,Duct, Common Bile
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D017081 Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic Excision of the gallbladder through an abdominal incision using a laparoscope. Cholecystectomy, Celioscopic,Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy,Celioscopic Cholecystectomies,Celioscopic Cholecystectomy,Cholecystectomies, Celioscopic,Cholecystectomies, Laparoscopic,Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies
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

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