title: [Percutaneous treatment of bile duct lithiasis. Personal experience in the first 150 cases].
abstract: Since 1983 we have percutaneously treated 150 cases of bile duct lithiasis in which previous endoscopic maneuvers had been incomplete or unfeasible. Complete resolution of lithiasis was obtained in 139 of 150 patients. In 6 cases only partial success was obtained but symptoms subsided. In 2 cases the treatment failed and the patients underwent surgery. Minor complications were observed in 12.6% of patients and resolved either spontaneously or by percutaneous maneuvers. Mortality rate was 2%. After a follow-up period of 6-12 months, 9 patients had a recurrence, completely resolved with further percutaneous treatment. These cases never required surgery. We obtained the best results in patients with stones residual after cholecystectomy or a iatrogenic stricture of the biliary tree. We obtained good results in massive lithiasis with combined endoscopic, surgical and radiological procedures. Morbidity and mortality rates were lower than in surgical series and similar to the endoscopic ones. The short hospitalization, the low cost and the possibility of treatment on an outpatient basis should promote the spreading of percutaneous techniques in the treatment of bile duct lithiasis.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radiologia dell'Università, Torino.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Righi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fonio
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Fronda
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gandini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lequio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maass
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Maisano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Recchia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zanon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D002404:Catheterization; D002758:Cholangiography; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003135:Common Bile Duct; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Trattamento percutaneo della litiasi dei dotti biliari. Esperienza personale nei primi 150 casi.