Stenting before laparoscopic common bile duct exploration: a helpful strategy.
We describe a 43-year-old man who had a difficult endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, allowing only placement of a stent without removal of the common bile duct stone. He subsequently underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy with laparoscopic common bile duct exploration and primary closure after laparoscopic choledochotomy.
Tan
T W
TW
Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074.
Khor
C J L
CJ
Chang
S K Y
SK
D000328:Adult; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000601:surgery*; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents