title: Laparoscopic common duct exploration following failed endoscopic stone extraction.
abstract: For patients with failed endoscopic extraction, further endoscopic, open, or laparoscopic clearance can be attempted. The following case report describes the laparoscopic removal of high common duct stones through a choledochotomy. As a nasobiliary stent was in place, a T-tube was considered unnecessary, and the choledochotomy was simply closed with a running suture. T-tubes are an irritant following laparoscopic duct exploration and in the future might be replaced, in selected cases, by a laparoscopically placed internal stent.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Faulkner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D015607:Stents