Common bile duct exploration for choledocholithiasis.
Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration has a high success rate, with rates reported from 83% to 96% in recent years. The morbidity rate has been reported to be approximately 10% Mortality rates are very low, at less than 1%.
Verbesey
Jennifer E
JE
Department of General Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, USA.
Birkett
Desmond H
DH
D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000379:methods*; D042883:Choledocholithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome