title: [Preoperative ERCP and laparoscopic cholecystectomy for treatment of choledocholithiasis].
abstract: Out of 110 patients suffering from gallstone-related symptoms, 21 underwent ERCP prior to laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Indications for this combined treatment were laboratory signs of cholestasis (36%), pancreatitis (29%), pathological IVC (18%), sonographic evidence for bile duct dilatation (10%) and cholangitis (7%). Local and general complications were not increased neither intraoperatively nor postoperatively. Median duration of postoperative hospital stay was four days for ERCP-treated patients as compared to three days for patients subjected to laparoscopic cholecystectomy only. In summary treatment of choledocholithiasis by a combination of preoperative ERCP and laparoscopic cholecystectomy offers the following advantages: high patient comfort, low incidence of complications and short hospitalization compares favourably with conventional common bile duct exploration.
authors: Chirurgische Klinik, Spital Uster.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Metzger
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Berbig
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Muller
mesh_terms: D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Präoperative ERCP und laparoskopische Cholezystektomie zur Behandlung der Choledocholithiasis.