title: Common bile duct exploration for choledocholithiasis.
abstract: 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%.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Verbesey
authors.forename: Desmond H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Birkett
mesh_terms: 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