title: [One hundred and twenty-five consecutive choledochotomies for suspected lithiasis without mortality. Current state of complications from common bile duct surgery].
abstract: The postoperative courses of 125 consecutive surgical common bile duct explorations performed between 1983 and 1990 were analysed. All cases of common bile duct lithiasis, but three, were operated on. Intraoperative cholangiography was performed in 98 percent and cholangioscopy in 92 percent of patients; common bile duct stones were found in 95 patients (76 percent); the common bile duct was sutured without drainage in 78 patients (58 percent). There were no deaths. Morbidity was 14 percent, of which 10 percent were serious. Four percent of common bile ducts retained stones. The specific morbidity was 4 percent. These results confirm the reliability of surgical management of common bile duct stones and therefore should be considered for the evaluation of new procedures, such as laparoscopic treatment of common duct stones, or combined laparoscopic cholecystectomy and endoscopic sphincterotomy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Viscérale, Hôpital de la Croix Saint-Simon, Paris.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Houdart
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lecomte
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Perniceni
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salmeron
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic
vernacular_title: Cent vingt-cinq cholédocotomies consécutives pour suspicion de lithiase sans mortalité. Etat actuel des complications de la chirurgie de la voie biliaire principale.