Operative choledochoscopy in biliary surgery.
Forty-six patients submitted to operative choledochoscopy during biliary surgery are presented. Forty-two had benign diseases, principally calculi (38 cases), with only four patients presenting with malignant neoplasms. Our results bear out the effectiveness of operative choledochoscopy as a complement to cholangiography and conventional exploration of the bile duct, in significantly reducing the number of retained stones found, and in aiding other surgical procedures in the biliary tract.
Molina
L M
LM
Department of Surgery, II, Hospital Clinico de San Carlos, Complutense University, Madrid.
de Diego
J A
JA
de Frutos
L
L
Delgado
I
I
Gutiérrez del Olmo
A
A
Moreno
A
A
Solana
M
M
Balibrea
J L
JL
D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003135:Common Bile Duct; D004724:Endoscopy; D042882:Gallstones / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods