title: Operative choledochoscopy in biliary surgery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, II, Hospital Clinico de San Carlos, Complutense University, Madrid.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Diego
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Frutos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez del Olmo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solana
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Balibrea
mesh_terms: D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003135:Common Bile Duct; D004724:Endoscopy; D042882:Gallstones / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods